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 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;...