• Film Night MAY – SUPER MASSIVE BLACK HOLES.

    MAY  Film Night: Super Massive Black Holes At May Film night Ken Hulls uses two films to look in detail at Super Massive Black Holes. After an introduction, the first […]

  • Introduction to Astronomy June 2021

    Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

    The Sun – Our Nearest Star What’s going on and why? Our nearest star, the Sun, is vital to life on Earth; but what do we know about it? Tonight, […]

  • Monthly Meeting June – Imaging magnetic fields using polarization

    Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

    Imaging magnetic fields using polarization with Prof Willem Van Straten.   Abstract: The polarization state of electromagnetic radiation from the Universe around us is rich with additional information about the […]

  • Practical Astronomy June – The Winter Night Sky

    Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

    This will be one of our quarterly Nights Sky reviews in the Planetarium. We will review the Winter Constellations and some of the deep sky objects to be found in […]