NACAA Inc is pleased to announce that the next NACAA will be held in Melbourne, hosted by the Astronomical Society of Victoria. The date for the convention is April 18-21, 2014. Click here to find out more information. Start planning your trip to Melbourne now!
The Binocular and Telescope Shop will yet again provide the satchels for NACAA. We thank Mike Smith and the BinTel crew for their much appreciated support of NACAA over many years.
The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University have made a generous donation towards the running of NACAA XXV. We thank the RSAA for the generosity.
Bill Bradfield, well known South Australian amateur astronomer, passed away peacefully on the 9th of June 2014 after a long illness. Bill is best known for his 18 visual comet discoveries. He received many awards in his life, including the 1981 Page Medal from the ASA, the 2004 Edgar Wilson Award from the IAU, and…
NACAA is sad to report that Mike Smith, proprietor of The Binocular and Telescope Shop (BinTel) and long-term NACAA sponsor, has suffered a major stroke. He is making a slow recovery. NACAA extends its best wishes to Mike and Lil, and the BinTel staff. Get well soon, Mike!
Do you want to help improve NACAA? The NACAA 2020 Programme Committee is looking for one or two volunteers to expand the expertise of the committee. You can find the full details here.
Apologies to those of you who have enquired about the 2014 Conference DVD. As often happens, the people working on collating and editing the material have been distracted by other things, and have been very slow to create the DVD. We thank you for your patience.