Film Night - February. Big, Bigger, Biggest - Telescope
Monday 25 Feb, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
Gavin Logan
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Big, Bigger, Biggest - Telescope is a documentary about the building of large telescopes. It covers a history of the optical developments needed to make larger scopes and the difficulties. There is so
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Film Night - February. Big, Bigger, Biggest - Telescope
Monday 25 Feb, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Big, Bigger, Biggest - Telescope is a documentary about the building of large telescopes. It covers a history of the optical developments needed to make larger scopes and the difficulties. There is some unusual and interesting material in this film. It ends with the building of the large binocular telescope in Arizona.
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Young Astronomers - Mar
Friday 01 Mar, 2019
at 19:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
Margaret Arthur
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Young Astronomers is our group for 7-13 year olds. The meetings cover various current topics is in astronomy with lots of Q&A.
Telescope viewing follows (weather permitting)
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Young Astronomers - Mar
Friday 01 Mar, 2019
at 19:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Young Astronomers is our group for 7-13 year olds. The meetings cover various current topics is in astronomy with lots of Q&A.
Telescope viewing follows (weather permitting)
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Introduction to Astronomy - Mar
Monday 04 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
Chris Benton
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How do astronomers measure how bright stars are and the distances to them? Tonight we will discuss the techniques used to determine these and many other pr
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Introduction to Astronomy - Mar
Monday 04 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
How do astronomers measure how bright stars are and the distances to them? Tonight we will discuss the techniques used to determine these and many other properties of stars including their temperatures and size. Discover how observations of starlight split into its various wavelengths through spectroscopes and colour filters enable astronomers to do this, and then use simple formulas to deduce further properties. Find out with a simple experiment yourself illustrates how the parallax method of determining distances to the stars works. Examples of well-known stars in the southern night sky will allow you to relate to these methods and the results at your next star-gazing session! I look forward to seeing you all there, where you will receive a three-page hand out explaining these principles further.
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Monthly Meeting - Mar
Monday 11 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
TBA
Monthly Meeting - Mar
Monday 11 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
TBA
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Practical Astronomy - Mar
Monday 18 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
Carolle Varughese
Practical Astronomy - Mar
Monday 18 Mar, 2019
at 20:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
TBA
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Astrophotography Group - Mar
Monday 18 Mar, 2019
at 19:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
Speaker/Host:
Shaun Fletcher
Astrophotography Group - Mar
Monday 18 Mar, 2019
at 19:00Hrs
Venue: Stardome Observatory
TBA
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