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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting July - "The Possum comes out at night": The latest happenings at Possum Observatory\, near Gisborne.
DESCRIPTION:Guest Speaker: John Drummod. \nJohn owns and operates the Possum Observatory complex at Patutahi\, 12km west of Gisborne. He owns a 50cm diameter\, two 41cm\, a 35cm and smaller telescopes. He also runs Gisborne Astro Tours (www.gisborneastrotours.com). In this talk\, John will be sharing what he is doing with these telescopes and how they are contributing to science. He will also speak about how the astro tourism business is going and what his latest academic studies in astronomy are. \nJohn Drummond has been fascinated with astronomy ever since his mother pointed the ‘Pot’ in Orion out to him when he was ten. John soon developed an interest in photography and it wasn’t long before the two passions were combined into astrophotography. He has been involved in astrophotography for many years and has had photos published in books and magazines around the world – and even on some New Zealand stamps. \nHe has used his telescopes at Possum Observatory\, near Gisborne\,  to image targets for Ohio State University in order to co-discover exoplanets via the microlensing method. John also does astrometry of newly discovered comets and asteroids – as well as those of more well-known orbits. \nJohn completed his MSc (Astronomy) in 2016 with Swinburne University of Technology. Currently he is doing his PhD with the University of Southern Queensland’s (USQ) Centre for Astrophysics. His work is on New Zealand’s historical role in the observation and study of comets. He is also heavily involved with the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand and was made a Fellow in 2018. He teaches science at high school and loves surfing Gizzy’s great waves!
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-july-the-possum-comes-out-at-night-the-latest-happenings-at-possum-observatory-near-gisborne/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210614T200000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting June - Imaging magnetic fields using polarization
DESCRIPTION:Imaging magnetic fields using polarization with Prof Willem Van Straten.\n \nAbstract: The polarization state of electromagnetic radiation from the Universe around us is rich with additional information about the physics of the emitting sources\, their environments\, and any intervening media through which signals propagate on their way to Earth.  In this talk\, I’ll introduce the basics of polarization (what it is\, how it is produced\, and how it is measured)\, and then review some of the ways in which it is applied in the field of astrophysics (e.g. Zeeman splitting\, Faraday rotation\, Thomson scattering\, curvature radiation\, synchrotron radiation\, etc.).  Topics covered will range from the large scale structure of magnetic fields in the cosmic web between galaxy clusters\, to the magnetic fields that power jets of relativistic plasma near the event horizons of supermassive black holes\, to the compact fields of neutron stars known as magnetars\, where the energy density in the magnetic field is sufficient to create a virtual plasma of matter and antimatter. \n  \nWillem van Straten is an Associate Professor in the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research at Auckland University of Technology.  As an undergraduate in Canada\, he was preparing for a job in the space industry when he learned about radio astronomy and became obsessed with pulsars. Willem then completed his PhD on high-precision pulsar timing in Australia before undertaking post-doctoral and academic staff appointments at the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (ASTRON)\, The Centre for Gravitational Wave Astronomy (The University of Texas)\, and the Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing (Swinburne University of Technology). He works closely with international teams on large\, long-term projects\, he led the development of three scientific data analysis software packages that are used by the international community of pulsar astronomers\, and he successfully led the design of the pulsar timing instrumentation for the Square Kilometre Array.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-june/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20210510T200000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting May - Ngā Whetū O Matariki
DESCRIPTION:This will be a special Planetarium Presentation for the AAS by the Auckland Stardome. \nNgā Whetū O Matariki\n \nJoin us at the Stardome for a presenter-led\, Matariki kōrero under the planetarium stars. You’ll hear about ngā whetū (the stars)\, ngā aorangi (the planets)\, Maramataka (lunar cycle) and the many stories written in our night skies passed down from generation to generation.\n \nPresenter: Olive Karena-Lockyer\, Stardome Planetarium Presenter\n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-may-nga-whetu-o-matariki/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting April
DESCRIPTION:With Rolf Wahl Olsen. \nMy talk will be about latest images and achievements in the last two years\, including the first amateur image of light echoes of Supernova 1987A and a new collaboration with NASA on a multi-wavelength image of Centaurus A. \nI have been interested in astronomy for as long as I can remember and have observed the night sky visually for decades with both binoculars and telescopes. In 1990 I got my first telescope\, a 60mm alt-az refractor. A couple of years later I upgraded to a 100mm refractor on an equatorial mount and in 1995 I got a 10 inch f/5 Newtonian reflector. This telescope was used extensively for both planetary and deep sky observing and in 2003 I ventured into the world of astrophotography and began taking images with a long-exposure modified webcam. In 2011 I built a Serrurier truss 12.5 inch f/4 Newtonian and then upgraded the webcam to a highly sensitive QSI683wsg CCD camera which I now use to take all my images. \nThe modified webcam was a great opportunity to learn as it required me to really work on developing processing skills in order to achieve good results. It also forced me to think carefully about my choice of subjects\, given the webcam’s limited resolution and low sensitivity. My later images taken with the CCD camera greatly benefited from these early lessons. \nI enjoy photographing all astronomical subjects but perhaps my favourites are galaxies\, especially peculiarly shaped ones or distant galaxy clusters\, or those engaged in dramatic mergers such as the famous pair of Antennae galaxies. I enjoy taking images that are unusual\, either being of a rarely imaged object\, or perhaps a familiar object presented in a new way. Among my images you will find exotic objects like the circumstellar disc of Beta Pictoris\, gravitational lenses\, quasars\, distant galaxy clusters and extragalactic globulars. I find that these obscure targets often have a very interesting story to tell. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-april/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting - The Life and Death of Stars - the life cycle of stars in our galaxy
DESCRIPTION:With Associate Professor and Dean\, Karen Pollard\,  Director of The University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory. \nThe Life and Death of Stars – the life cycle of stars in our galaxy \nStars are key components of galaxies: they are hosts for families of planets; they create the chemical elements deep in their interiors; they evolve and explode\, providing the physical feedback mechanism to kickstart new generations of star formation. \nIn this talk I will take you on a journey to understand our place in the universe and how we came to be\, concentrating on the crucial role stars play in the evolving universe. \nKaren Pollard is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury and Director of the University of Canterbury Mt John Observatory. Her research areas are in stellar astrophysics\, with specific interests in investigating the structure\, formation and evolution of stars and planetary systems. Karen was born and raised in Christchurch\, New Zealand\, and did her BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees in Physics and Astronomy at UC. She has worked as an astrophysicist in South Africa\, the US\, Chile and New Zealand. \nWatch online at 8pm Monday 8th March on the AAS youtube Channel \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-the-life-cycle-of-stars/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20201109T200000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20201109T210000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting November
DESCRIPTION:Music and Astronomy. \n  \nWe will talk about mathematical and psycho-physical foundations of music; what makes it beautiful — tones\, octaves\, intervals\, consonances\, and cords; about types of musical instruments\, temperaments\, and the art of musical tuning. From this we will draw connection to the “sounds” and harmony of the Cosmos\, discuss problems of resonances and stability of planetary systems\, motions of moons and geometry of rings. Together we will try to discover the unique “melody” of our Solar system. I’ll use my violin to illustrate my talk. \nOur speaker\, Sergei Gulyaev\, is Professor of Astronomy and Space Science and Director of the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research at Auckland University of Technology.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-november/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:AAS Meetings,Monthly Meeting
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