NACAA and the RASNZ are happy to announce that, after the success of TTSO 7 in Invercargill, the next Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations will occur in conjunction with NACAA XXVI. Further details and a call for participation will be announced in due course.
Prominence Training P/L continues to sponsor the operation of NACAA by funding its web site and teleconferencing costs, providing computer equipment, as well as countless hours of technical support over the last two years.
Dr Albert Jones, OBE, FRASNZ, passed away in Nelson on 14 September 2013, aged 93 years, following a short illness. He was one of the world’s best known amateur astronomers and was actively observing up until just a couple of years ago. Over his lifetime he amassed in excess of 500,000 variable star observations, as…
Not everyone is coming to NACAA XXV for the technical programme. The LOC is organising excursions for partners who want to see something of Brisbane over the weekend. Click here to register your interest.
The Canberra Astronomical Society, hosts of NACAA 2010, have provided a generous donation to assist the 2012 event. We thank CAS for their continued support.
The NACAA web site suffered its third crash last Friday. As a result, we had to shut down the site for the weekend while we repaired the damage. You can read the story here if you are interested. Mea culpa. There may be some problems we haven’t found yet, so please let us know if…
Registrations for NACAA XXVII are almost closed. Click here to register.