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Session details: Sunday, 2026-04-05 00:30:00
Session details: Sunday, 2026-04-05 00:30:00
Session details: Saturday, 2016-03-26 05:30:00, LT101 Abstract The agenda for the NACAA 2016 AGM consists of: Treasurer’s report Motion to lodge documents with NSW Dept of Fair Trading General Secretary’s report Announcement of the NACAA 2018 host Election of officers for 2016-8
Presenter(s): Graeme L. White (WSAAG) and David Platz (Atherton State High School) Affiliation(s): WSAAG Session details: Posters Abstract The Bayer system uses 88 constellations and names the stars order of brightness by the Greek alphabet. IAU’s Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) is renaming the stars to confuse all and to take the stars away…
Presenter(s): David O'Driscoll Affiliation(s): AAQ, VSS Session details: Saturday, 2020-04-11 04:30:00, SUN Abstract In the age of social media, astronomical communities are in danger of losing their own history. This presentation explores the history of astronomical ventures in Queensland and asks the question: Are we in danger of forgetting our own history? Biography David has…
Session details: Posters, 2013-03-29 10:18:00 Abstract Unlike visual observing and astrophotography, which are greatly limited by light pollution, it possible to do scientifically valuable spectroscopy from close to the centre of a large city. Since his rural observatory was put out of action by the deadly 2009 Victorian bushfires the author has successfully cooperated with…
Presenter(s): Dave Herald Affiliation(s): CAS Session details: Sunday, 2014-04-20 05:30:00, Vienna Abstract Multiple chord observations of asteroid occultations can produce profiles of asteroids accurate to the 1-km range. The 3D asteroid models of DAMIT and ISAM (derived from mainly amateur light curve measurements) can be refined using the occultation determined profiles. As a result, two…
Presenter(s): Martin George Affiliation(s): International Planetarium Society, IAU, ASA, A. Soc. Tas Session details: Sunday, 2012-04-08 01:00:00 Abstract Grote Reber (1911-2002) was the world’s first radio astronomer. In 1937, he constructed the very first dedicated radio telescope, near Chicago in the USA. This telescope was used to produce the first radio map of the sky….