by Jonathan Nally | Feb 9, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Deep sky, Features, Galaxies, News, Telescopes
Here’s what you’ll find in the Mar/Apr 2021 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale this week at your local newsagent, or you can subscribe to the print or digital edition. Features: How did we get the asteroid belt? — Asteroids might tell us...
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 | 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 | Dec 13, 2019 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News, Variable stars
The NSW regional city Parkes, home to the CSIRO radio observatory, will host the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers in 2020. The premier Australian amateur astronomy conference, the National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers (or NACAA;...
