This month we will be discussing visual observing, including the way the human eye works, optics and eyepieces, sky conditions, ambient light and observing targets, from the Sun to galaxies.

This is the final meeting for 2021. We resume meetings on the first Monday of February and hope to be back at our normal venue, the Auckland Stardome Observatory and […]

Sky mapping applications and learning the night sky.

Note the change from the normal date (the third Monday of the Month to the second Monday). This will be an online review of the Autumn Night Sky. We will […]

In this meeting we will be discussing telescopes. We will talk about how they work and the different types commonly used by amateur astronomers. Along with some information on care […]