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In this month: February 2022
Astronomical happenings from the past and the birthdays of astronomers past and present. 19th February 1787 The first observation is...
Elizabeth Cocking
Feb 1, 20224 min read
22:00 February 2022
Summer in the Sydney region is not renowned for lots of cloudless nights. The current La Nina weather pattern is making conditions even...
andrew14613
Jan 31, 20223 min read
7 Feb: Computing the Universe
Presented by Paul Hancock Monday 7th February 2022, 6:30 to 8pm Dr Paul Hancock will explain how radio telescopes collect information ...
Dirk Goës
Jan 30, 20222 min read
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...
Dirk Goës
Jan 30, 20221 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...
Dirk Goës
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...
Dirk Goës
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,...
Dirk Goës
Jan 30, 20222 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...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jan 1, 20223 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, 20213 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...
andrew14613
Dec 31, 20212 min read
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