The schedule for these two exciting events have been set. The second Variable Stars South Colloquium will be held on Friday, April 6. The sixth Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations occurs on Monday, April 9. Start planning your visit to Brisbane and NACAA 2012 now!
The LOC have provided advice about accommodation options near the venue of the 2012 NACAA. There is also lots of transport advice available too.
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…
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.
Dr Albert Jones, OBE, FRASNZ, passed away in Nelson on 14 September 2013, aged 93 years, following a short illness. He was one of the world’s best known amateur astronomers and was actively observing up until just a couple of years ago. Over his lifetime he amassed in excess of 500,000 variable star observations, as…
We are happy to announce that the 4th Variable Stars South Symposium will be held prior to NACAA XXVII on Friday March 25 2016. Full details will be provided in due course.
Following the success of TTSO5 in Napier in 2011, NACAA and the RASNZ Occultation Section are pleased to announce that the 6th TTSO will be held in Brisbane in 2012, in conjunction with NACAA XXV. Further details will be announced in early 2012.