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SUMMARY:Introduction to Astronomy - August with Peter Felhofer
DESCRIPTION:“There is something odd about time” – Albert Einstein \nWith the understanding that the speed of light is constant for all observers\, Einstein conducted one of his famous thought experiments using an imaginary ‘Light clock’ and uncovered the counter intuitive nature of Special Relativity. \nIn this presentation I review our basis for measuring time and explore how that might be different when leaving the comfort of Earth\,before venturing into the strangeness Einstein found and heading toward 2018 where the ‘Light Clock’ became a real and its revelations due to General Relativity.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/introduction-to-astronomy-august/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Junior Group Meeting - August with Margaret Arthur
DESCRIPTION:The Junior Group for younger members discusses current topics in space exploration and astronomy.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/junior-group-meeting-july-with-margaret-arthur/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting August - The Whole Story — 13.8 Billion Years of Expansion and 100 Years of Science in Under an Hour with Professor Richard Easther.
DESCRIPTION:with Professor Richard Easther. \nCosmology is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of the universe. Modern cosmology began in the 1920s with the discovery of mathematical descriptions of the expanding universe along with the first observational evidence that our universe is – in fact – expanding. So\, while the universe seems to be 13.8 billion years old\, human beings saw the first hints that it began with Big Bang itself almost 100 years ago. I will give a quick tour of where our understanding of cosmology is today and where it might be heading as the field approaches the end of its first Century. The talk will not be technical. \nProfessor Easther grew up in New Zealand\, and was educated at the University of Canterbury. After graduating with his PhD 1994\, he held post-doctoral fellowships at Waseda University in Japan and at Brown and Columbia Universities in the United States. \nHe was a professor at Yale University from 2004 until the end of 2011\, when he returned to New Zealand. He is now professor and Head of the Department of Physics here at the University of Auckland.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/monthly-meeting-august/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
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SUMMARY:Practical Astronomy and Astrophotography Group August - The moon is big\, our cameras are small with Stephen Dean.
DESCRIPTION:The moon is big\, our cameras are small. \nAugust’s group will be presented by Stephen Dean. \n“Taking an image of the Moon with a high focal length telescope and a planetary camera is a great way to get a lot of detail\, unfortunately this combination also results in a rather small field of view which makes taking an image of the whole Moon a rather tedious and time consuming process. \nRecord a video\, move the mount\, record a video\, move the mount… What if this process could be automated?\nThat’s exactly what “Moon Panorama Maker” does.\nMoonPanoramaMaker covers the current Moon phase with an optimal grid of single views and automatically steers the telescope mount and camera during their exposure.\nIn this talk I’ll be going through the basics of setting up and using Moon Panorama Maker with Firecapture.”
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/astrophotography-group-august/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Film Night - August - Cancelled due to Covid19
DESCRIPTION:Cancelled.
URL:https://www.astronomy.org.nz/event/film-night-august-the-quasar-enigma/
LOCATION:Stardome Observatory\, 670 Manukau Rd\, Epsom\, Auckland\, 1345\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Film Night
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