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Presenter(s): Ray Johnston Affiliation(s): Star Dreaming Australia Session details: Saturday, 2010-04-03 03:30:00 Abstract One of the things learned operating an entry level observatory for over 18 years is the public’s fascination with, not only seeing the stars and planets in close-up, but the accompanying stories, myths and legends. Our summer sky contains perhaps the best-known…

Presenter(s): Neville Fraser Affiliation(s): WSAAG Session details: Sunday, 2024-03-31 00:30:00, STAR Abstract What constitutes the best physical environment for using and housing your telescope? Traditionally, this is a dome, but other housings are also commonly in use. Most of these alternatives lack the allure of a dome, however, with most amateur astronomers dreaming of having…

Presenter(s): Stephen Kerr and others. Affiliation(s): Trans-Tasman Occultation Alliance Session details: Monday, 2026-04-05 23:00:00 Abstract A full day program of presentations by members of the Australian and New Zealand occultation observing community. Topics covered include observation results and analysis as well as presentation on observing techniques, technology and potential future observing projects. This meeting will…

Presenter(s): James Irish Affiliation(s): Member, Astronomical Society of Victoria Session details: Sunday, 2018-04-01 01:30:00, MCON Abstract The "New world atlas of artificial sky brightness" (Falchi et al., 2016) assumes that night sky brightness at dark-sky sites when the Moon is not visible and there are no clouds is 22.0 magnitudes per square arc second for…