Partners’ programme

Registrations for the 2015 RASNZ Conference and TTSO9 are now open. Further details can be found 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.

The Astronomical Society of Australia presented the 2014 Berenice and Arthur Page Medal to Dr Tim Napier-Munn of the AAQ for his work on modelling the factors that affect the ability to resolve close double stars. NACAA congratulates Tim for his award.

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Graham Blow, director of the RASNZ Occultation Section, was today awarded an Officer of the New Zealand Order of  Merit for his services to astronomy. Graham has worked tirelessly for many years to promote occultation observations in Australia and New Zealand, and was responsible for the creation of the successful Trans-Tasman Symposia on Occultations. The 8th TTSO…

Graham Lindsay Blow, ONZM, FRASNZ, APSNZ, noted astronomer, computer programmer, and photographer, passed away peacefully after a long illness at home in Wellington on Wednesday 31 December 2014, aged 60 years. Graham was the Director of the RASNZ Occultation Section for many decades, the driving force that led to the establishment of the very successful…