Follow these links to some of the useful and interesting astronomy locations around the internet. Please let us know if you find any of these links not working, or also if you would like to suggest a link to be added to this page.
New Google Group to Join and Visit
Feel free to post your photos, news events, questions & more
A great chat group for you to be a member of - NZ Astro Chat
EarlyMorning - Mike McGavin's collaborated observing log
EarlyMorning is an attempt to build a collaborated observing log on the web. It's still in development and there aren't many users, but you're welcome to take a look and try it out.
Graham Blow is a member and local photographer, who has several collections of aurora photos, including these ones.
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SKYDOME Observatory
/ Astronomy Adventures.
Astronomy Adventures (NZ) offers you an unforgettable visual adventure
in the night sky. Based at Baylys Beach, Northland, New Zealand, we offer
you the opportunity to view the stars through a large computerised telescope.
See* craters on the Moon, the satellites of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn,
the phases of Venus, as well as countless star clusters, globular clusters,
and galaxies. Marvel at the Milky Way, our very own Galaxy. All viewed
from the superbly dark skies of our Northland location, away from both
light and air pollution. more..
[ * Weather permitting. Objects vary according to the time of year and of month.]
This weather station reports the current weather in Mangaroa Valley, where one of our observing sites is located. If you're thinking of going to Mangaroa for an evening, check here for the up-to-date weather situation.
Galaxy Te Korurangi is a New Zealand based astronomy magazine for children. It is packed with stories, cartoons, puzzles, experiments, what's in the night sky, Maori astronomy and other information. The magazine is published four times a year and is available with both single and family subscriptions.
Check out the website for a selection of articles, puzzles and children's contributions, or download a free preview copy. (1.7MB pdf)
SpaceWeather.com has real-time information about what's going on in the Solar System right now. If you're interested in meteor showers, aurora or other types of event that often occur on short notice, this site is very useful to return to regularly.
Here you can enter any position on the Earth, and immediately be provided with details of how, where and when to find many of the brighter artificial satellites as they fly overhead.
The Space Telescope Science Institute Digitized Sky Survey
The digitized sky survey allows you to enter the Right Ascention and Declination position of any point in the sky and get an image of that part of the sky, generated from photographic plates taken by the Palomar and UK Schmidt telescopes.
Astronomy Picture of the Day features a new astronomy picture every day, complete with an explanation from an expert in the field. It's a vey good site to visit daily if you want to increase your knowledge about astronomy a bit at a time. Consider setting it as your personal homepage that your browser stars on.
If you're a society member, also check out the society announcements list. Some of the society observing groups also have their own internal email lists.
This list caters to the discussion and announcements of any astronomy related issues for New Zealanders.
Feel free to post your photos, news events, questions & more
A Friendly Astronomy chat group for you to join - NZAstroChat @ Google
If you live elsewhere in New Zealand and want to contact a more local society, you may wish to browse the local society page of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. It has information and full contact details for lots of local and specialised astronomical societies around New Zealand.
The Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
This is the site of the national society of New Zealand. Be sure to look here for an excellent night sky guide compiled by Brian Loader. The society exists as an entity in itself, but also contains several subsections.
The New Zealand Radioscience Group
The New Zealand Radioscience Group was formed in 1996, originating from several enthusiastic members within the Wellington Society. It promotes the learning about and research with radioscience technology.
International Dark-Sky Association
Fight the light! Find out the sorts of things you can do to get revenge against light pollution and alert those responsible for it's tragic consequences.
The Astronomical Society of Australia
The Astronomical Society of Australia is the organisation of professional astronomers in Australia. The society also runs an encompassing general astronomy website, called Australian Astronomy.
The Royal Society of NZ is affiliated with the Wellington Astronomical Society, and aims to promote Science and Technology. RSNZ holds regular public seminars, and all WAS members have the right to attend.
For anyone who likes critical thinking.
Situated above Wellington College, the Gifford Observatory was recently the subject of a restoration project through the Gifford Observatory Trust. Its current purpose primarily lies with education and being available for students to use, however it is also commonly used by members of the Wellington Astronomical Society.
The Carter Observatory is officially New Zealand's national observatory. Located at the top of Wellington's Botanical Gardens, regular planetarium shows and observing nights are offered. The staff of the observatory also provide astronomy-related educational courses.
Mt John University Observatory
Situated at Lake Tekapo, Mt John is the research observatory of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Canterbury University.
R.F. Joyce Observatory, West Melton
Established in the 1950's, the main observatory of the Canterbury Astronomical Society is located west of Christchurch.
Garry Telford, of the Southland Astronomical Society, maintains his own astronomy website.
Ken Ring refutation, by Bill Keir: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Ken Ring is a private citizen of New Zealand who claims to be able to accurately predict the weather years in advance by studying positions and events of the Sun and Moon, and produces almanacs that detail upcoming weather. In this article (part 1, part 2 and part 3), published in the November and December 2004 and April 2005 issues of the Auckland Astronomical Society's journal, Bill Keir examines and refutes Mr Ring's methods, discussing how they are not accurate or scientific at all.
Skymap is an excellent shareware astronomical package written by astronomers, for astronomers, that comes recommended by several of our members. Emphasis is heavily on accuracy.
