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  • Practical Astronomy August

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

    Names and Catalogues In this talk we will be discussing the IAU naming conventions for celestial objects along with the star and deep sky catalogues commonly encountered by amateur astronomers. […]

  • Practtical Astronomy September

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

    The Spring Night Sky This will be one of our quarterly planetarium sessions where we will review the Spring Night Sky. The the weather is suitable we will follow the […]

  • Practical Astronomy October – Telescope Mounts

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

    This month's talk will be about the various types of telescope mounting systems and how they are used.

  • 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 […]

  • 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.