by Jonathan Nally | May 27, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy
ABOVE: TG Tan and the PEST Observatory in his backyard, with which he hunts for transiting exoplanets. EVERY TWO YEARS, AUSTRALIA’S PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS bestow the Berenice and Arthur Page Medal on an amateur astronomer who has made significant scientific...
by Jonathan Nally | Apr 15, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
TWO MORE AMATEUR ASTRONOMY EVENTS have had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and health concerns. The StarStuff 2020 festival, which was to have taken place in Byron Bay in July, will now not go ahead, and neither will the Central West Astronomical...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 28, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
Given the current world situation and the necessary restrictions on travel and gatherings, as well as the increasing closedown of non-essential services, it’s possible you could have trouble getting hold of Australian Sky & Telescope if you normally buy it from...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 20, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS has been hitting the conference and function sectors hard, with events being cancelled left, right and centre due to travel and gathering restrictions and general health concerns. Unfortunately that includes this year’s National Australian...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 8, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Uncategorised
Here’s what you’ll find in the April 2020 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale now at your local newsagent, or you can subscribe to the print or digital edition. Features: Happy birthday Hubble! — The world’s most famous telescope will have...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 5, 2020 | Astronomy, Cosmology, Telescopes
Above: Just a handful of the more-than 4,000 antennas of the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope in Western Australia. Credit: John Goldsmith A NEW $2 MILLION COMPUTING FACILITY based at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth will crunch the huge amounts of...
