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Guest Speaker List
| 2019 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 21st Jan | Ric Forster (MAS member) | A technologist’s journey: from optical to radio. |
| 18th Feb | Assoc Prof, Charley Lineweaver (ANU) | Cosmic connections |
| 18th Mar | Dr Angel Lopez Sanchez (Mac Uni) | Dissecting Dwarf Galaxies with the AAT |
| 15th Apr | Prof Tara Murphy (USyd) + AGM | Gravitational waves from neutron star merge |
| 20th May | Dr Emil Lenc (ASKAP) | ASKAP and its role in the SKA era |
| 17th Jun | Les Dalrymple (Amateur) | Celestial 88 — a Brief history of the constellations |
| 15th Jul | Robert Brand (Space Activist) | Apollo to ThunderStruck |
| 21st Jul | Todd Barber Rachel Zimmerman Brachman Deb Brice Christine Fuller Michael Malaska Shannon McConnell Tom Nolan | Apollo 11 to STEM and The Next Giant Leap. 50th Anniversary of first Moonwalk. Eight speakers from NASA JPL. All day event. |
| 19th Aug | Dr Lee Spitler (Mac Uni) | The Huntsman Telescope: ultra-faint imaging. |
| 16th Sep | Marnie Ogg (Dark Sky Alliance) | Light pollution in astronomy & the environment |
| 21st Oct | Prof Geraint Lewis (USyd) | Are we alone? Life in a hostile Universe |
| 18th Nov | Dr Brad Tucker (ANU) | Exploding Stars & End of the Universe |
| 9th Dec | Broughton College & Prairiewood HS. | Fifth Annual Students Night |
| 2018 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 15th Jan. | Marnie Ogg “Fred Watson Tours” | Planetary Reflections |
| 19th Feb. | Dr Maria Cunningham (UNSW) | Stars and the Stuff Between Them |
| 19th Mar. | Dr Luke Barnes (USyd/WSU) | Top 10 things to do before Universe heat death |
| 16th Apr. | AGM | Annual reports and election of office bearers |
| 21st May. | Dr Lee Spitler (Mac Uni + AAO) | Ultra-faint imaging with the Huntsman telescope |
| 18th Jun. | Serge Antonov (Astro Devices) | Digital Setting Circles – old and new. |
| 16th Jul. | Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) | Space Rocks: The Mercury 13 Women |
| 16th Jul. | Geoff Notkin (Meteorite Men) | Space Rocks: Meteorite Hunting |
| 20th Aug. | Dr Ed Kruzins (NASA Tidbinbilla) | Deep Space Tracking : Results & Developments |
| 17th Sep. | Dr Lucyna Kedziora Chudczer (UNSW) | Clouds in Alien Skies |
| 15th Oct. | Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD) | The Future of the Universe |
| 19th Nov. | Prof Fred Watson AM (AAO) | Astronomy at Large |
| 10th Dec. | Prairiewood HS/Broughton C. | Fourth Annual Students Night |
| 2017 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 16th Jan. | Dr Luke Barnes (USYD) | The Universe for Beginners |
| 20th Feb. | Dr Emil Lenc (CAASTRO) | Around the Universe with the MWA |
| 20th Mar. | Dr Vanessa Moss (USYD) | Tracing hydrogen fuel in our home galaxy. |
| 24th Apr. | Annual General Meeting | AGM |
| 15th May | Prof Fred Watson (AAO) | Moon Mysteries – Our nearest celestial neighbour. |
| 19th Jun. | Prof Andrew Hopkins (AAO) | The Taipan Galaxy survey |
| 17th Jul. | Dr Lucyna Kedziora Chudczer (UNSW) | Juno mission – unlocking mysteries of Jupiter |
| 14th Aug. | Prof L. Harvey-Smith, Prof T. Davis, Dr M. Cunningham, Prof N. McClure-Griffiths. | Panel Discussion. Moderator: Prof Geraint Lewis. |
| 18th Sep. | Dr Jonty Marshall | Exo-Comets: Fragments Of Planet Formation. |
| 16th Oct. | Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (AAO) | Capturing the light of the Universe |
| 20th Nov. | Prof Gary DaCosta (ANU) | SkyMapper – Search for the oldest stars |
| 11th Dec. | Kristie Caplikas (Year 9 student, Prairiewood High School). | Supernovae SN 2005CF and SN 2017 HUP. |
| 2016 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 18th Jan. | Dr Jonty Marshall (UNSW) | Starlight polarisation: circumstellar dust. |
| 15th Feb. | Dr Luke Barnes (USYD) | More to the Universe than its good looks. |
| 21st Mar. | Dr Stuart Ryder (AAO) | Supernovae, Old and New. |
| 18th Apr. | Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer (UNSW) | Habitability and Life on Exoplanets. |
| 16th May. | AGM followed by A Chile Telescopic Adventure | Tour the great scopes of Chile with The MAS 7. |
| 20th Jun. | Dr Andrew Green (AVSO) | Bigger than BIG: How do we know, how big? |
| 18th Jul. | Prof Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) | When Galaxies collide. |
| 15th Aug. | Dr Roberto Soria (ICRAR) | Black-hole powered jets and winds. |
| 25th Aug. | Dr Ed Kruzins: Canberra DSCC. | The NASA Deep Space Network. |
| 19th Sep. | Dr Lee Spitler (Macquarie Uni) | The Huntsman Array. |
| 17th Oct. | Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD) | What’s Next for Cosmology. |
| 21st Nov. | Mohammed Ali Baddah (MAS) & David Metcalf | Chasing the Northern Lights. |
| 12th Dec. | Students Month: Prairewood High School | Exoplanets: Steven Condell, Sam Huang, Jackson Zhou and Johnson Phosavanh Variable Stars in the SMC: Christine Le, Amy Nguyen and Jessica Ho |
| 2015 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 19th Jan. | Dr Jonty Marshall (UNSW) | Circumstellar Debris: Signpost of Exo-Planets. |
| 16th Feb. | Prof Fred Watson AM (AAO) | Australians vs. The Galaxy – RAVE & GALAH |
| 16th Mar. | Dr James Allen (USYD) | Why surveys are crucial for astronomy. |
| 20th Apr. | Annual General Meeting | AGM |
| 18th May. | Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (AAO) | Light and Astrophysics. |
| 15th Jun. | Bill Ricketts | Resurrecting Aboriginal Star Lore. |
| 20th Jul. | Dr Luke Barnes (USYD) | Act One, Scene Two: How the Universe blooms. |
| 5th Aug. | Dr Ed Kruzins: Canberra DSCC. | DSCC at Tidbinbilla and its role with NASA. |
| 17th Aug. | Dr Lee Spitler (Macquarie Uni) | A Night in the Life of an Astronomer. |
| 21st Sep. | Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD) | Space-time, Black Holes, Expanding Universes. |
| 19th Oct. | Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) | ASKAP, SKA, Colliding Galaxies & Buzz Aldrin. |
| 16th Nov. | Shaila Akhter (UNSW) | You Big Baby! Secrets of Star Birth. |
| 14th Dec. | Vina Hing & Linh Thuy Nguyen (Prairiewood H.S.) | Eclipsing Binary Stars. |
| 2014 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 20th Jan. | C. Malikoff & T. Law (MAS) | What Telescope Should I Buy? & Mauna Kea trip slideshow. |
| 17th Feb. | Dr Giovanni Carraro (ESO) | How Well Do We Know The Structure Of Our Own Galaxy? |
| 21st Feb. | Prof Brian Schmidt (ANU) | 2011 Nobel Laureate: The Accelerating Universe! |
| 17th Mar. | Dr Amanda Bauer (AAO) | A Long Time Ago In Galaxies Far, Far Away. |
| 21st Apr. | AGM – Committee Election | Q&A, Topics On Astronomy. |
| 19 May. | Shaila Akhter (UNSW) | RR Lyrae Stars In The Milky Way Stellar Halo. |
| 18th Jun. | Dr Greg Chamitoff (NASA) | My Space Experience: What It’s Like On The Space Station. |
| 21st Jul. | Prof Fred Watson AM (AAO) | It’s About Time! |
| 18th Aug. | Dr Roberto Soria (Curtin Uni) | Peering inside a spiral galaxy: stellar birth and death in M83. |
| 15th Sep. | Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) | Cosmic Water Fountains Reveal Star Birth & Death. |
| 20th Oct. | Dr Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer (UNSW) | Staring down the barrel of powerful jets – scintillating quasars. |
| 17th Nov. | Dr Luke Barnes (USYD) | What happened at the Big Bang? |
| 8th Dec. | Tony Law (MAS) | The US Race to the Moon and beyond. |
| 2013 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 21st Jan. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | Astronomy Apps On Mobile Devices. |
| 18th Feb. | Mike Salway (Ice in Space) | Nightscape Photography. |
| 18th Mar. | Dr Graeme Salter (UNSW). | Fireflies Beside Lighthouses: Exo-planet Detection. |
| 15th Apr. | AGM + Dr Jonti Horner (UNSW). | Rocks From Space. |
| 20th May. | Dr Mark Phillips (Las Campanas Obs.) | Exploding Stars And The Fate Of The Universe. |
| 17th Jun. | Dr Jeremy Bailey (UNSW). | Mariner 2 And Its Legacy: 50 Years On. |
| 15th Jul. | Prof Fred Watson (AAO). | Navigation And The Interplanetary Superhighway. |
| 19th Aug. | Dr Jonti Horner (UNSW). | Exoplanets And Life Elsewhere. |
| 16th Sep. | Dr Geoff Sims (UNSW). | Astronomy From Antarctica. |
| 21st Oct. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd). | The Future of Cosmology. |
| 18th Nov. | Dr. Ángel López-Sánchez (AAO). | Galaxies Of The Local Universe. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2012 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 16th Jan. | Workshop | Workshop. |
| 20th Feb. | Dr. Lucyna Chudczer (Univ. of NSW) | The Water Trail: Search For Extrasolar Planets. |
| 19th Mar. | Les Dalrymple (Aust. Sky & Telescope) | M83 And The Centaurus Galaxy Cluster. |
| 16th April | Annual General Meeting. | Astro Sketching: Featuring Alexander Massey. |
| 21st May. | Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO) | In The Face of The Sun. |
| 18th Jun. | Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith, (SKA) | The SKA – What’s Next? |
| 16th Jul. | Anthony Wesley (Amateur) | Jupiter And Saturn: 2009 To 2012. |
| 20th Aug. | Humayun Qureshi (Amateur) | DSLR Imaging:l Astrophotography And Processing. |
| 17th Sep. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd) | Andromeda And The 30 Dwarfs. |
| 15th Oct. | Dr Simon O’Toole (AAO) | The Kepler Space Telescope: A New View. |
| 19th Nov. | Dr Emil Lenc (Sydney Univ.) | The Time Traveller’s Guide To The MWA |
| Dec. | No Meeting. | ~ |
| 2011 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 17th Jan. | Tony Law (MAS) | Tony’s Telescopic Travels. |
| 21st Feb. | Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO) | Poles Apart: Planetary Polar Environments |
| 21st Mar. | Les Dalrymple (Aust. Sky & Telescope) | Globular Clusters: History, Evolution & Dynamics. |
| 18th Apr. | AGM + Daniel Ross (MAS) | My Trip To Space Camp. |
| 16th May | Prof. John Peacock (Edinburgh University) | Slipher: Discovery Of The Expanding Universe. |
| 20th Jun. | Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO) | A New Generation Telescope: The SKA. |
| 18th Jul. | Dr. Mike Ireland (Syd/Maq Uni) | Birth & Death of Exoplanets. |
| 15th Aug. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd) | Just What Do We Know About The Universe? |
| 19th Sep. | Chris Malikoff (MAS) | Tuning And Maintaining Your Telescope & Mount. |
| 17th Oct. | Gary Kopff | Wildcard Innovations Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer. |
| 21st Nov. | Prof. Bryan Gaensler (USyd) | Extreme Cosmos. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2010 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 18th Jan. | General Discussion. | ~ |
| 15th Feb. | Dr David Malin (AAO). | Galileo’s Legacy. |
| 15th Mar. | Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO). | The AAO: More Than A Big White Dome, |
| 19th Apr. | AGM & Trivia Quiz. Marc Aragnou. | Starizona Hyperstar Imaging System Demo |
| 17th May. | Dr Ragbir Bhathal (UWS). | Aboriginal Astronomy. |
| 21st Jun. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd). | The Birth, Life And Death Of Galaxies. |
| 19th Jul. | Assoc. Prof. Peter Tuthill (USyd). | “Deathstar” WR104: Curiosity Or Doom? |
| 16th Aug. | Dr Max Spolaor (A.A.O). | The Chemical Evolution Of Galaxies. |
| 20th Sep. | Prof. Naomi McClure-Griffiths (A.T.N.F.) | What Goes Up Comes Down In The Milky Way. |
| 9th Oct. | Dr. David Malin (public talk). | Invisible Universe: Making Sense Of The Unseen. |
| 9th Oct. | David Reneke (public talk). | Secrets Of The Universe & Moon Landings Facts. |
| 18th Oct. | Bob Bee (MAS). | The Old And The New In European astronomy. |
| 18th Oct. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | Refresher In The Use Of Our Website. |
| 15th Nov. | Prof. Bryan Gaensler (USyd). | The Square Kilometre Array. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2009 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | Discussion On MAS Website Use. |
| Feb. | Ian Cook (MAS). | Your Favourite Star. |
| Mar. | Dr Andrew Hopkins (AAO). | Our Galaxy. |
| Apr. | Annual General Meeting. | Astronomy Trivia Trevor and Anne Rhodes. |
| May. | Prof. Bryan Gaensler (USyd). | Magnets In The Sky. |
| Jun. | Bob Bee (MAS). | Mapping The Constellations With Mythology. |
| Jul. | Dr. Ragbir Bhathal (UWS). | Searching for Life in the Universe. (Public Talk) |
| Jul. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | Imaging With A Digital S.L.R. Part 1. |
| Aug. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd). | Cosmology And Dark Energy. |
| Sep. | No Guest Speaker. | General Telescope Forum. |
| Sep. | Prof. Fred Watson (AAO). | Why Is Uranus Upside Down? (Public talk). |
| Oct. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | Imaging With A Digital S.L.R. Part 2. |
| Nov. | Dr Tim Robishaw (USyd). | Magnetic Fields Near and Far. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2008 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Chris & Jenny Malikoff (MAS). | The Narrabri Telescope Array. |
| Feb. | Prof. Geraint Lewis (USyd). | Galactic Cannibalism. |
| Mar. | Kate & Daniel Ross (MAS). | Tour Of U.K. Observatories. |
| Apr. | Annual General Meeting. | Reports & Election of Office Bearers. |
| May | Prof. Bryan Gaensler (USyd). | The Amazing Magnetars. |
| Jun. | Dr. Laszlo Kiss (USyd). | Exploding Stars. |
| Jul. | Chris Malikoff (MAS). | The New MAS Website. |
| Aug. | Daniel Ross (MAS). | Mars Landers: What Are They Up To? |
| Sep. | Dr Andrew Jacob (USyd). | Cepheid Variables: Interferometer Observations. |
| Oct. | Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (SKA). | Massive Stars: Live Fast & Die Young. |
| Nov. | Dr. Greg Madsen (USyd). | How Does Our Galaxy Work? |
| Dec. | No Meeting | ~ |
| 2007 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | No Meeting. | ~ |
| Feb. | Mike Salway (Ice In Space). | Imaging with a Dobsonian Telescope. |
| Mar. | Bob Evans. (Amateur Supernova Hunter) | Supernova Hunting. |
| Apr. | AGM | ~ |
| May | Melissa Hulbert. | Egyptology & Astronomy. |
| Jun. | ~ | Workshop on Collimation. |
| Jul. | ~ | Workshop on Drift Alignment. |
| Aug. | Ian Cook (MAS). | Skyview 2007. |
| Sep. | Prof. Fred Watson (AAO). | Tomorrow’s Telescopes. |
| Oct. | Mark Suchting. | Binocular Telescopes. |
| Nov. | Don Whiteman (Bintel). | Charles Messier and “That List”. |
| 2006 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Ned Pastor (MAS) & Martin Ferlito (MAS) | Astrophotography. |
| Feb. | Dr Fred Watson (Astronomer in Charge, AAO) | What’s Happening to Gravity? |
| Mar. | Prof Mike Dopita (ANU) | Star Formation. |
| Apr. | AGM. Ian Cook (MAS). | Double Stars. |
| May | Done Whiteman (Bintel). | US Tour: Meade and Nagler factories & Stellafane. |
| Jun. | Melissa Hulbert (Sydney Observatory). | Astro-imaging, digital and film. |
| Jul. | Professor Ken Freeman (ANU). | Formation of Galaxies. |
| Aug. | Doug MacEachern (MAS). | HDR Astro-imaging processing using PS CS2. |
| Sep. | Paul Francis (ANU). | Listening to the Universe. |
| Oct. | Georgio Descala. | Amateur astronomy & professional research. |
| Nov. | Tim Bedding. | Astro Helioseismology. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2005 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | ~ | |
| Feb. | Peter Elston (MAS). | Chasing a Solar Eclipse by Jet Over Antarctica. |
| Mar. | Casual Night. | What l’ve learnt from the lnternet, Computing in Astronomy, and Astrophotography. |
| Apr. | AGM. | Followed by a video. |
| May | Zane Hammond (Magellan Observatory), | Astrophotography at Magellan Observatory. |
| Jun. | Bernard Kornfield. | Globular Clusters. |
| Jul. | ~ | video: Apollo Moon Missions. |
| Aug. | Dr Miroslav Filipovic UWS). | Deep Impact Mission to Comet Tempel 9P/Tempel. |
| Sep. | Dr Enno Middleburg (ATFN). | Radio Astronomy. |
| Oct. | Glen Dawes (Quasar Publishing). | The Development of the Astronomy Year Book. |
| Nov. | Chris Toohey (astronomer, writer, bishop). | ? |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2004 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Ian Cook (MAS) and Dick Everett (MAS). | Quiz. Latest astro news. |
| Feb. | ~ | Mars Rovers Video. |
| Mar. | Ben Pawlutschenko (NSW Astronomical Society). | Solar Observing. |
| Apr. | AGM. Ian Cook (MAS). | John, Caroline & William Herschel. |
| May | Bob Bee (MAS). | White Dwarfs. |
| Jun. | Dr John O’Byrne (Sydney University). | Adaptive Optics. |
| Jul. | Dick Everett (MAS). | Cassini Mission. |
| Aug. | Ned Pastor (MAS). | Tektites, meteorites and moldavites. |
| Sep. | Dr Stuart Ryder (AAO). | Supernovae. |
| Oct. | Michael West (Mars Society) | Rocket Propulsion: Technology and Development. |
| Nov. | ||
| Dec. | No Meeting. | ~ |
| 2003 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | ~ | Members discussion night. |
| Feb. | Prof Fred Watson (AAO) | |
| Mar. | Daniel Ross (MAS) | Messier Hunting. |
| Apr. | Annual General Meeting | Annual reports and elections. |
| May | ||
| Jun. | Peter Druery (MAS). | A Universe of Information. |
| Jul. | Peter Druery (MAS). | Astro-photography. |
| Aug. | Dr Russell Cannon (AAO). | New Telescope Projects. |
| Sep. | Michael West (Mars Society) | Mars, astronauts, ESA Tracking Station and more. |
| Oct. | Bob Bee (MAS). | The Life Cycle of Stars. |
| Nov. | Dr Dick Hunstead (Sydney University). | Quasars. |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2002 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Ian Cook (MAS). | ? |
| Feb. | ? | ? |
| Mar. | I. Cook, J. Casey, D. Ross, N.Sharpe (MAS). | MAS Discussion Groups |
| Apr. | AGM. Dr Ragbir Bhathal (UWS). | Astronomical Mathematics. |
| May | Bob Bee (MAS). | Cosmology. |
| Jun. | D.Ross, N.Pastor, J.Casey, P.Druery (MAS). | Astro-computing, meteorites, cosmology & news. |
| Jul. | Dr Doug Vakosh (SETI Institute of Califomia). | SETI. |
| Aug. | Dr Andrew Hill (Macquarie Uni). | Astrobiology. |
| Sep. | Peter Druery (MAS). | Hot Hydrogen and more… |
| Oct. | MAS Members. | Ian Cook(Quiz); Bob Bee (Kuiper Belt); Lloyd Wright & Noel Sharpe ( photographic display). |
| Nov. | ? | ? |
| Dec. | No meeting. | ~ |
| 2001 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Peter Druery (MAS) | The Challenging World of Astro-photography. |
| Feb. | Robert Zindler (MAS) | Cosmology. |
| Mar. | Dick Everett (MAS) | Greenwich Observatory. |
| Apr. | AGM. Peter Druery (MAS) | Aurorae, Comets & Supernovae. |
| May | Peter Williams (Sky & Space contributor) | Variable Stars. |
| Jun. | ? | ? |
| Jul. | Dr Ragbir Bhathal | New Directions for SETI. |
| Aug. | Dick Everett & Phillip Kidd (MAS) | ? |
| Sep. | Don Whiteman (Bintel) | Telescope Collimation. |
| Oct. | Dr Russell Cannon (AAO) | 2df Survey and Spiral Optical Fibre Array. |
| Nov. | Various speakers (MAS) | Various topics |
| Dec. | No Meeting. | ~ |
| 2000 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Daniel Ross and Dick Everett | “Displaying their handiwork”. Also a sneak preview of the observatories. |
| Feb. | ? | ? |
| Mar. | Peter Druery (MAS) | Visual Astronomy |
| Apr. | AGM. | ~ |
| May | Dr Russell Cannon (AAO) | 2df Survey instruments. |
| Jun. | ? | ? |
| Jul. | ~ | Open discussion night. |
| Aug. | Zane Hammond (Magellan Observatory) | Astro-photography. |
| Sep. | Dr Frank Stootman (Chair, SETI Australia) | The UWS SETI project. (+ Lab visit). |
| Oct. | Dr Fred Watson | ? |
| Nov. | Dr Don Neely | Spectroscopy: Starlight Chemicals. |
| Dec. | No Meeting. | ~ |
| 1999 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | Discussion | |
| Feb. | ? | |
| Mar. | ? | |
| Apr. | 4 speakers | ~ |
| May. | AGM | ~ |
| Jun. | ? | |
| Jul. | Peter Druery (MAS) | Amateurs in Education |
| Aug. | Planetarium | |
| Sep. | Andrew James | Stellar Clusters |
| Oct. | John Casey (MAS) | |
| Nov. | ? | |
| Dec. | No meeting | |
| 1998 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | No Meeting | ~ |
| Feb. | Noel Sharpe (MAS) | Using a Telescope. |
| Mar. | Ken Peterson | Light Pollution. |
| Apr. | AGM + Bob Evans | Supernovae. |
| May. | Daniel Ross | Trivia Night. |
| Jun. | Andrew James | Planetary Nebulae. |
| Jul. | Ralph Buttigieg | Why and How We Should Go to Mars Now. |
| Aug. | Peter Williams | Variable Stars |
| Sep. | Stephen Doyle | Space Law |
| Oct. | Bob Bee (MAS) | Solar System and Deep Space. |
| Nov. | Leon Darcy | ? |
| Dec. | No meeting | ~ |
| 1997 | ||
| DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| Jan. | ||
| Feb. | ||
| Mar. | ||
| Apr. | ||
| May. | Ron Royal | Sydney Observatory |
| Jun. | Noel Sharpe (MAS) | Camp Constellation & Astro Photography |
| Jul. | Dr Seth Shostack (SETI Research) | Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence |
| Aug. | ~ | Slide Presentation & Workshop |
| Sep. | ||
| Oct. | Steve Manos | NASA and ASRI |
| Nov. | Dr Paul Butler (AAO) | The Discovery of Extra-Solar Planets |
| Dec. | ||
| The historical list above is closed. You can find the current Guest Speaker list > here < |