• Astrophotography Group November

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

    Comet stacking and other features of Deep Sky Stacker with Eric Chiu.

  • Practical Astronomy November – Variable Stars

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

    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 […]

  • Monthly Meeting December – Exploring the Gravitational Wave Universe

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

    Measuring gravitational waves is a revolutionary new way to do astronomy. They were predicted by Einstein, but it was not until 2015, that LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) first […]

  • Practical Astronomy – The Summer Night Sky

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

    This will be one of our quarterly planetarium sessions where we will review the Summer Night Sky using the Planetarium.

  • Monthly Meeting February – Touching the Sun

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

    Despite its familiarity, the Sun is a very different presence from the friendly yellow circle in children's paintings. Our star is a broiling mass of plasma, with its powerful magnetic […]