Practical Astronomy April – Variable Stars
Observation of variable stars has a long history with amateur astronomy. We will discuss the types of variable stars and how to observe them to obtain scientifically useful data. This […]
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Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland
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Practical Astronomy – The study of Occultations
Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New ZealandIn this meeting Michael Camilleri will give a presentation on Occultations and what can be learned from them. An occultation in astronomy is an event where one astronomical object, such […]
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Monthly Meeting May – Rocks from Space
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandRocks from Space with Professor Jonti Horner Jonti first became interested in astronomy at the age of five, after seeing the BBC TV programme ‘The Sky at Night’, and soon […]
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Film Night May – Cosmos – 45 years Later – The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean
The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean Subject: Introduction to the scale of the Cosmos using the “Ship of the Imagination”; cosmic calendar; Eratosthenes and the Library of Alexandria; humanity’s place […]
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Monthly Meeting June – The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World
The NASA Psyche mission is on its way to orbit a small but immensely ancient world in our asteroid belt: A metallic object, the first humans will ever have visited. […]