Brian May’s Anthem for the New Horizons Probe
Occasional astrophysicist and guitarist for Queen Brian May has gifted us with a song in tribute to NASA’s successful mission to flyby Ultima Thule. It’s pure space-opera rock that deserves […]
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Central Starparty 2019
When: January 3rd – 7th, 2018 Where: Tuki Tuki Camp, Hawkes Bay. The fourth Central Star Party will be held from Thursday 3rd January to Monday 7th of January 2019 […]
New Zealand Astrophotography Weekend 2018
When: December 7th – 9th, 2018 Where: Foxton Beach Bible Camp, Foxton Beach, Horowhenua. The Horowhenua Astronomical Society is hosting the sixth New Zealand Astrophotography Weekend. Held in the lower […]
November Observing Evening
When: Saturday 17th November, 8:00 pm Where: Tawa College See many wonderful objects, star clusters, galaxies, dying stars and nebulae. We will be focusing on the area around Galactic Centre […]
November Astrophotography / Dark Sky Observing
When: Saturday 10th November 10:30 pm Where: Star Field – John Whitby’s dark sky site near Marlborough This is our last Astrophotography / Deep Sky event for this year at a dark […]
NASA – The Music Video
The scientist/artists in NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio created this magnificent video to accompany a recent performance by the National Symphony Orchestra Pops of Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune.” For more […]
February Monthly Meeting
Where: Space Place – Carter Observatory When: Wednesday 7th February 2018 at 7:30 pm Topic: Hot springs and the search for life on early Earth and Mars – Professor Kathleen Ann […]
WAS Observing Evening
When: Saturday 26th August 7:00pm, Where: Tawa College See many wonderful objects, star clusters, galaxies, dying stars and nebulae. We will be focusing on objects around the galactic centre like the […]
Royal Society of New Zealand Hudson Lecture
When: Wednesday 23rd August 6:00pm Where: Te Whare Aparangi, Royal Society of New Zealand The Hawking evaporation of black holes – Matt Visser In 1973 Stephen Hawking proved that black holes […]
Vanishing star hints at direct collapse to black hole
The rules for a stellar death seem pretty simple. If the star isn’t that massive, it burns out into a carbon-rich remnant called a white dwarf. If it’s big enough, […]