Film Night July
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandA Journey to Our Nearest Stars - Part 1 The universe is full of all kinds of stars – from tiny red dwarves to majestic blue giants. Some of them […]
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AAS Meetings
Introduction to Astronomy August 2022
Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New ZealandLife in the Solar System - Part 2 Guest Speaker: Jonathan Park Last month, in part 1 of “Life in the Solar System”, Jonathan explored the potential for life elsewhere in our Solar System. We looked at the building blocks of life, […]
Monthly Meeting August – The James Webb Space Telescope – An introduction to the first images
Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New ZealandSpeaker Dr Chris Benton. Last month NASA released the first highly-anticipated images from the James Webb Space Telescope, stunning the world with their clarity and previously unseen objects. Tonight […]
Astrophotography Group August
Stardome Observatory 670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland, New ZealandSimple Narrowband imaging with DSLR and Telescope For this months meeting I will run through the process I used to produce a clear noise-free Hydrogen Alpha image of M8 the […]
Practical Astronomy August – The Dobsonian Telescope
Stardome Observatory & Planetarium 670 Manukau Road, Epsom, AucklandThis month we will be discussing the Dobsonian Telescope, one of the more common telescope types used by amateur astronomers, primarily for visual observing. The Dobsonian consists of a Newtonian […]