Introduction to Astronomy August 2026
Titan: Earth’s Frozen Twin Guest speaker: Jonathan Park In many ways, Saturn’s moon Titan looks uncannily familiar: dunes like those in Earth’s deserts, mountains, branching river channels, rain, lakes, and […]
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Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
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Emerging Astronomers – Is There Life on Venus?
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandWe've changed our minds about that several times. In the 1950s we pictured a warm jungle world. Then multiple spacecraft found a surface at ~400°C that destroyed every lander we […]
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Monthly Meeting August – Shining a Light on Dark Matter
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandCarnegie Science Observatories postdoc Andrew Robertson focuses on one of the key mysteries in contemporary astronomy: the nature of dark matter. We know that this mysterious form of matter makes […]
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Practical Astronomy August – An overview of Astronomy software for Amateurs.
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandThis month will be an overview of Astronomy software for amateurs, particularly Sky Charting software for desktop and mobile. We will also cover some available options for telescope mount control, […]
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Film Night August – The Cosmos revisited 45 Years later – Heaven and Hell
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandEpisode 4: Heaven and Hell Subject: Comets, asteroids, and impacts (Tunguska, Venus greenhouse); planetary evolution and catastrophes. 45 Years Later: Chicxulub crater confirmed as dinosaur extinction cause (1980s–1990s); multiple impact […]