Monthly Meeting July – Pluto Isn’t a Planet
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union adopted a definition of a planet that demoted Pluto to just one of what is likely hundreds of dwarf planets in our Solar System. […]
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Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland
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Practical Astronomy July – Equatorial Mounts: Why We Use Them and How They Work
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandWhy does a telescope need an equatorial mount, and what makes it different from simpler fixed or altitude–azimuth designs? This beginner-friendly talk starts with the basic problem of following objects […]
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Film Night July – Harmony of the Worlds
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandWe continue our revisiting of The Cosmos Series. Episode 3: Subject: History of astronomy from astrology to Kepler’s laws; Ptolemy, Copernicus, Brahe, Galileo; scientific method triumph. 45 Years Later: […]
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Introduction to Astronomy August 2026
Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New ZealandTitan: 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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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 […]