• Practical Astronomy March – The Autumn Night Sky

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    This will be one of our seasonal Planetarium sessions. We will use the Planetarium to explore the Autumn Night Sky. This is a great way to improve your knowledge of […]

  • Monthly Meeting April – Little Red Dots

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    100 years ago this year, Edwin Hubble published the first conclusive evidence that there were galaxies beyond the Milky Way. This lecture, using new results from our latest space telescopes […]

  • Practical Astronomy April – Variable Stars

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    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 […]

  • Practical Astronomy – The study of Occultations

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

    In 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 […]