Image Credit: Footy 2000 The main talk of the evening will be given by Mark Godwin on the Indian Space Agency and covering its very humble beginnings, satellite projects, lunar missions, and future aspirations. After the break Nick Tonkin and his 10 minute talk – The SIMBAD Astronomical database and why you might want to use it to understand the the objects that you observe. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick off. We…
It’s hot down under…and out there!
On a recent visit to New Zealand’s North Island I stayed in a hotel next to a Maori village in Rotorua. There was a constant sulphurous smell of bad eggs and white steam clouds rising from the village caused by superheated boiling water gushing out of the ground showing it was very hot down under. This country was formed by the Pacific tectonic plate diving under the Australian plate causing volcanoes, mountains and earthquakes…
Our Next Meeting: 17, July- Summercourt
Image Credit: ESO The main talk of the evening will be given by Barry Trudgian on Astrophysical Masers: Where Microwave messages meet mild-mannered Mitchell man.. from deep space. After the break Frank Johns 10 minute talk will be : Vera Ruben, her life, work and the new telescope named after her. We meet at 19:00 for a 19:30 kick off. We meet at 19:00 with kick-off at 19:30 at the Summercourt Memorial Hall Find…