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Session details: Saturday, 2024-03-30 04:00:00
Session details: Saturday, 2024-03-30 04:00:00
Presenter(s): Ian A B Sullivan Affiliation(s): ASV, MPAS Session details: Saturday, 2014-04-19 06:00:00, Vienna Abstract After two visits to Prague in recent years I have obtained the photos and knowledge, with research, to discuss the astronomical life and times of Tycho and Kepler around 1600. I have also seen the display at Benatky Palace outside…
Presenter(s): Andrew James Affiliation(s): Non-Affiliated Independent Amateur Astronomers (NAIAA) Session details: Posters Abstract For many years I have been slowly collecting historical information of past Aurora Australis observations seen from Sydney and NSW, and have uncovered many dozen reports between 1820 and 2015. By collecting these various observations, the combined data gives important clues about…
Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 05:00:00, MVIC
Presenter(s): Surjit (Serge) Wadhwa Affiliation(s): ASNSW, VSS Session details: Saturday, 2020-04-11 04:30:00, STAR Abstract The merger of contact binary stars is a rare event. The result however can be dramatic resulting in a nova like explosion that remains quite bright in the red and infra-red end of the spectrum but declines rapidly at visual wavelengths….
Convenor: Fred Vanderhaven, ASNSW Schedule: To be advised This round-table session will cover two exciting new areas in astro-imaging: The use of narrow-band filters, such as H-alpha, SII and OIII, allows extracting detailed structure from deep-sky objects that does not appear in conventional wide-band imaging. The resulting images offer a totally new view of familiar…
Presenter(s): M. Camilleri Affiliation(s): Trans-Tasman Occultation Alliance Session details: Monday, 2026-04-06 02:00:00 Abstract A review of Michael’s recently launched plug-in for SharpCap to automate occultation observing and reporting.