Auckland Astronomical Society Inc

Practical Astronomy - July
2020-07-27 20:00 - 22:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Stardome Observatory, 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, 1345, New Zealand
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Film Night - July - Large Hadron Collider
2020-07-20 20:00 - 22:00
In 2019 Ken Hulls organized a guided tour of the Large Hadron Collider and was joined on the visit by Alistair Emerson. The LHC is the most powerful particle accelerator on the planet and uses that power to reproduce energy levels and particle collisions just as they were in the universe seconds after time began. Film Night looks at: the why and how of the LHC doing that, what the LHC has enabled us to discover and just as importantly what are the big questions which remain and how they might be solved. These questions directly relate to our understanding of how the universe evolved and why it is the way it is.

Astrophotography Group July - ASCOM
2020-07-20 19:00 - 20:00
The Astrophotography Group discusses the practical aspects of astrophotography.
This session will focus on the vendor independent ASCOM software and how to use it to connect and control your astronomy related devices with a practical demonstration.

Film Night - September - Eye in the Sky
2020-07-19 20:00 - 22:00
Eye in the Sky is a documentary about the development of telescopes from the 17th century outlining the discoveries made and the development of specialised photographic techniques and radio astronomy.

Film Night - April Jupiter Revealed
2019-04-22 20:00 - 21:00
This months film is a 2018 documentary entitled “Jupiter Revealed” which gives an account of scientists current knowledge on Jupiter and how this has been added to by unmanned space probes, particularly Juno. It contains many interesting facts about the problems of sending spacecraft to this planet and about the importance of studying Jupiter to improving our understanding of the Solar System and its formation.

Practical Astronomy April - Celestial Navigation Basics.
2019-04-15 20:00 - 21:00
The aim of the night will be on the basics of celestial navigation.
We will explore:

– Celestial Spheres and Coordinate systems
– Position of the Sun over the year
– Position of the stars over the year
– Navigational techniques

Astrophotography Group - April, PixInsight - A brief intro
2019-04-15 20:00
Speaker/Host: Liam Murphy
Liam will introduce the popular astronomical image processing software PixInsight.
The talk will cover linear and non linear processing concepts, workflows and live demonstration of some stretching techniques.

Monthly Meeting - April - The Golden Age of Radio Astronomy
2019-04-08 20:00 - 21:00
The Golden Age of Radio Astronomy: Telescopes, Arrays, SKA and Beyond
Sergei Gulyaev is Professor of Astronomy at the Auckland University of Technology and Founding Director of the Institute for Radio Astronomy and Space Research. In his talk Sergei will outline the current status of radio astronomy both as science and technology. New radio telescopes united into intercontinental and global networks, compact arrays of radio telescopes, new instruments in the phases of design or construction – all contribute towards better understanding of objects and processes in the Cosmos. The talk will update on recent discoveries, and on the status of the most ambitious radio astronomy project of our time – the Square Kilometre Array.
The meeting will be followed by supper.
