• Young Astronomers August – moon landing conspiracies!

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

    Kia ora koutou,   This event has been rescheduled from the previous month. Welcome to the 2022 Young Astronomers programme! Our theme this year is ‘Mission to the Moon’. The […]

  • Astrophotography Group August

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

    Simple Narrowband imaging with DSLR and Telescope For this months meeting I will run through the process I used to produce a clear noise-free Hydrogen Alpha image of M8 the […]

  • Practical Astronomy August – The Dobsonian Telescope

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    This month we will be discussing the Dobsonian Telescope, one of the more common telescope types used by amateur astronomers, primarily for visual observing. The Dobsonian consists of a Newtonian […]

  • Film Night August – Cosmic Radiation

    Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland

    What are the different forms of radiation arriving on earth, where in the universe does it come from, how is it detected and what can it tell us. August film […]