Why are we sending research about ageing into Space?
Presented by Prof Malcolm Jackson, Monday 6 June 2022, 6:30pm. The University of Liverpool has a new collaboration with the UK Space...
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Toner Stevenson
Jan 30, 20222 min read
The James Webb Space Telescope and Beyond
Presented by Glen Nagle from the NASA’s Deep Space Network station in Canberra, Monday 4th July, 6:30pm - on Zoom Glen Nagle will share...
Toner Stevenson
Jan 30, 20222 min read
4 April: The First Astronomers - how Indigenous Elders read the stars.
Monday 4 April, 6:30pm start for 7pm Keynote. The First Astronomers book is groundbreaking in both its popularity and storytelling. In...
Toner Stevenson
Jan 30, 20222 min read
7 Mar: 32 Years of the Australasian Sky Guide
Monday 7 March, 2022 at 6:30pm Dr Nick Lomb is an astronomer whose career as Curator of astronomy, timekeeping, navigation, meteorology,...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 31, 20213 min read
In this month: January
1st January 1801 Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi of the Palermo Observatory discovers Ceres, the first asteroid to be discovered and...
andrew14613
Dec 31, 20213 min read
A Change of Year Comet
Travel away from city lights in early January to view Comet Leonard Andrew Wood Our change of year sky is being graced by Comet C/2021 A1...
andrew14613
Dec 31, 20212 min read
A Truly Australian Star
As darkness descends around the end of December into early January evenings, a star within the Southern Cross with a uniquely Australian...
George Mavrocordatos and Toner Stevenson
Dec 26, 20212 min read
Comet Leonard - the view from La Perouse
Sydney City Skywatcher member George Mavrocordatos has imaged Comet Leonard: I managed to be lucky enough to take my own picture of...
Elizabeth Cocking
Nov 30, 20214 min read
In this month: December
IN THIS MONTH 15th December 1966 Janus, a moon of Saturn, is discovered by French astronomer Audouin Dollfus. Astronomers were first...
Elizabeth Cocking
Nov 7, 20211 min read
Did you know? the Kuiper Belt
DID YOU KNOW This month . . . The Kuiper Belt. Home to short period comets and icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system. The ...
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