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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting October - The Messy Eating Habits of Black Holes
DESCRIPTION:When an unsuspecting star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole\, the star can be ripped apart by the black hole’s immense gravity. As the black hole messily feeds on the star\, it produces an amazing display of light as bright as ten billion suns for many months. Using new surveys\, astronomers are finding these hungry black holes throughout the Universe. Recently\, it has been discovered that many years after feeding\, these black holes sometimes produce a “heartbeat” of X-ray eruptions that repeat every several hours. Dr. Piro will describe some of the best theories to explain this mystery and what they can teach us about these enigmatic objects. Dr. Anthony Piro – Staff Scientist\, Carnegie Science Observatories.\n \nThis is a rescreening of a Carnegie Science Lecture.\n \nMeeting will be followed by tea\, coffee and snacks.\n\n \n \n\n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-october-the-messy-eating-habits-of-black-holes/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory & Planetarium\, 670 Manukau Road\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Practical Astronomy October - Names and Catalogues
DESCRIPTION:This month we will be discussing the naming conventions for Celestial objects.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/practcal-astronomy-october-names-and-catalogues/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory & Planetarium\, 670 Manukau Road\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Practical Astronomy
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SUMMARY:Film Night October -  The Planets - 25 Years Later : Star
DESCRIPTION:The Planets – 25 Years Later : Star\n \nThe sun is literally the centre of the Solar System – indeed\, it takes its name from the Roman personification of the Sun as deity\, in Latin.\nFor most of humanity’s time on the Earth\, the sun has often been seen as the epitome of perfection of form\, and agreed upon as the source of all light\, warmth and energy – which it is.\nBut how does the sun relate to the Planets ? Starting with Galileo Galilei\, we learned that the sun is not perfect – there are sunspots. \nFather Giovanni Secchi at the Vatican observatory proved spectroscopically that the Sun is a star. \nWith time\, we have come to know that the planets formed together with the sun – and the observed development of the planetary systems of other stars has confirmed this more and more as time goes by.\nThe influence of the sun is very great – even at the poles in complete darkness\, the Solar Wind paints Aurorae on the skies above. Eugene Parker computed that there would be a supersonic solar wind – and exploration of\nMercury in the space age proved him to have been conservative – the sun is even more violent. The Skylab mission\, and Voyager 2 have both expanded our conception of the limits of the Sun and\nthe Solar System in turn.\n \nSince 1999\, the Sun continues to fuel science and exploration :\n\n\nOrbiting Observatories of the Sun – SOHO\, Ulysses – and the mapping of the Corona\, as well as the and discovery of new comets.\nThe Parker solar probe – in flight since 2018\, doing Coronal dives\nThe Solar Space Fleet – STEREO\, Parker\, PUNCH\, Hinode\nAurorae of the Gas Giants\nImaging the stars – The spots of Betelguese and other stars\nExoplanets and their aurorae visible from light years away\nThe Star Upon the Earth – controlled fusion reactors of the future.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/film-night-october-the-planets-25-years-later-star/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory & Planetarium\, 670 Manukau Road\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Film Night
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