Introduction to Astronomy November 2022

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

Hazards of Human Spaceflight to Mars Things You Need To Know NASA and Elon Musk’s Space X recently announced their intention to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s. Why […]

Young Astronomers Group November

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

Young astronomers will identify the challenges of landing a lunar lander on the surface of a body without an atmosphere. In teams, they will design, build, and improve a lunar […]

Astrophotography Group November

Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

Tonight we have an introduction to DeepSkyStacker by Eric Chiu.  DeepSkyStacker is a freeware for astrophotographers that simplifies all the pre-processing steps of deep sky pictures. This will be followed […]

Practical Astronomy November – variable stars

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

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 […]