Wellington Astronomical Society
WAS www.was.org.nz

Wellington Astronomical Society
WAS www.was.org.nz

WAS Events

Next Meeting

Warwick Kissling on Gravitational lensing

Wednesday the 11th of June @ Science House

Starts @ 7:25pm

 

Star Party info..

• Pauatahanui Star Party
• TBA
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• Observing starts after dark. Contact John Field
• john.field@paradise.net.nz
• The phone number at Pauatahanui is 021-102-6056.
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• Gifford Star Party
• TBA
• Duncan Hall will open the Gifford Observatory behind Wellington College. The observatory has a fine 130mm Zeiss-Rumsey-Nankivell refractor and a flat area should you want to bring your own telescope or binoculars.
• Contact Duncan Hall duncan.hall@ieee.org  Phone 021-615-905 or 04 474-5350
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• Thomas King Observatory
  (at Carter Observatory, Kelburn) OPEN for public viewing on clear nights Wednesday through Saturday, 7pm-10pm. Free entry (Koha), no booking required. For more information phone 831 1131.

 

Spaceflight Meetings

• Suspended during Carter Upgrade

For more information contact David Maclennan, Ph (04) 803 3231 (h), (04) 803 1835 (w), 021-144-8117 (mobile) or PO Box 2945, Wellington or email djmac@paradise.net.nz

Children's Astronomy

Owing to the closure of the Carter observatory all children's and secondary schools astronomy clubs are cancelled. Secondary students are welcome to come to WAS meetings

Notice from Marilyn Head

Events @ Carter

 

New Google Group to Join and Visit

Feel free to post your photos, news events, questions & more. This is a new group for you to be a member of & support.

 

Moon Image from John Field 

This image of a first quarter Moon was taken by John Field on the 18th of November 2007 using a Canon 300D camera attached to 8-SCT

 

| Getting to meetings | Borrowing a telescope | About the star parties | Local observing groups | Using the observatories | Using the library | Discount subscriptions to magazines | webtraffic | Contributing to the newsletter | Galaxy Magazine |

Astro personalities. Graham Loftus.. Tony Dodson.

Telescopes Tony Dodson Telescope.

Astronomy Book by the late Tony Dodson - How to build a Telescope email us to secure your copy of this out of print book by a Wellington Astronomer. more

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WAS member pages - submit yours now..

WAS solar viewing equipment pages - submit your equipment details now..

Astrophotography

astro photos by WAS Members: here

transits..

sun prominences

Web Pages to visit

WAS gallery pages - halos, sunsets, more sunsets

Astronomy Images on the South Coast of Wellington,
New Zealand here - Images of the south coast here

More Images: sun halos1 sun halos2 (december) , wave clouds, clouds in Wellington. here..

 

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Events collated by Edwin Rod
http://laintal.screenrevolution.co.nz/