Macarthur Astronomy Forum

Expand Your Universe

We created Macarthur Astronomy Forum as a platform for notable Australian and international astronomers to share their discoveries about the Universe with the Macarthur community. Our speakers will present their findings in a format understandable to non-scientists.

Organised by Macarthur Astronomical Society. Held at Western Sydney University **(Campbelltown Campus), the Macarthur Astronomy Forum is held 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm on the 3rd Monday of each month (Jan to Nov) and 1st or 2nd Monday in December.

Details of our next Forum can be found on our News & Events page.

** We hope to be returning to WSU sometime in 2022 but in the meantime Macarthur Astronomy Forums will continue to be held online for members only.

Guest Speaker List 2022

DATE	LOC	SPEAKER	TOPIC
17 Jan	Zoom	Dr Devika Kamath (MaqU)	“Unravelling the Chemical Diversity that Shapes our Universe.”
21 Feb	Zoom	Dr Brad Tucker (ANU)	“Shocking Supernova and discovering their progenitors of exploding stars”
21 Mar	Zoom	Prof Roberto Soria (UCAS)	“Revisiting the expansion of the universe”
18 Apr	Zoom	Dr Tayyaba Zafar (Macq Uni)+AGM	“Distant faint galaxies hunt, like an Easter Egg hunt.”
16 May	Zoom	Prof Charley Lineweaver (ANU)	“The Origin of the Universe from ‘Nothing'”
20 Jun	Zoom	Prof Roberto Soria (UCAS)	“Sagittarius A* Black Hole”
18 Jul	tba	Dr Simon Ellis (Macq Uni)	“The Origin of Galactic Positrons”
15 Aug	tba	Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn (USYD)	“Giant waves across the Milky Way”
19 Sep	tba	Dr Luke Barnes (WSU)	TBA
17 Oct	tba	Dr Emil Lenc (ATNF)	TBA
21 Nov	tba	Malcolm Ellis (MAS member)	TBA
05 Dec	tba	Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD)	TBA

Guest Speaker List 2021

DATE	LOC	SPEAKER	TOPIC
18 Jan	Zoom	Dr Devika Kamath (Maq Uni)	Cosmic Alchemy: Origin of chemical elements in the Universe.
15 Feb	Zoom	Dr Tayyaba Zafar (AAO)	Dust: Wipe It Or Keep It, It’s Ubiquitous
15 Mar	Zoom	Dr Brett Addison (USQ)	Exoplanets, TESS & Minerva-Australis Telescope Observations.
20 Apr	Zoom	Dr Angel Lopez Sanchez	Observing with The AAT – LIVE!
17 May	Zoom	Dr Ashley Ruiter (UNSW Can)	White dwarfs in close binaries: from Type 1a supernovae to LISA
21 Jun	Zoom	Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD)	Do I expand with the universe? Understanding modern cosmology
19 Jul	Zoom	Dr Jonty Marshall (ASIAA)	Rocks fall, everything fries: the fate of comets around other stars.
16 Aug	Zoom	Dr Emil Lenc (CSIRO)	An ASKAP update – Episode II – Attack of the Pilots.
20 Sep	Zoom	Dr Kirsten Banks (UNSW)	Diving deep inside stars.
18 Oct	Zoom	Prof Tim Bedding (USYD)	Planets & starquakes: NASA’s Kepler & TESS Missions.
15 Nov	Cancelled	Dr Devika Kamath (Maq U)	Unravelling the Chemical Diversity Shaping our Universe.
6 Dec	Zoom	Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD)	From the quantum to the cosmos.

Guest Speaker List 2020

DATE	LOC	SPEAKER	TOPIC
20 Jan	WSU	Ric Forster (MAS)	How radio telescopes create an image.
17 Feb	WSU	Prof Fred Watson	Cosmic chronicles.
16 Mar	Cancelled	Prof Tim Bedding	Planets & Starquakes: NASA’s Keppler/TESS Missions.
20 Apr	Cancelled	Les Dalrymple	AGM held on Zoom.
18 May	Zoom	Dr Luke Barnes (UWS)	Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook.
15 Jun	Zoom	Dr Lucyna Chudczer	Infrastructure for Australian Astronomers.
20 Jul	Zoom	Prof Roberto Soria	Galaxies, Galaxy Clusters, Mass & Dark Matter.
17 Aug	Zoom	Dr Emil Lenc (ASKAP)	ASKAP Update – Let the Science Begin!
21 Sep	Zoom	Prof Michael Wheatland (USYD)	Solar Activity.
19 Oct	Zoom	Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD)	The Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic Survey (S5).
16 Nov	Zoom	Prof Charley Lineweaver (ANU)	Progress in the Search for Life Beyond Earth.
7 Dec*	Zoom	Dr Brad Tucker (ANU)	Ultraviolet Astronomy from High-Altitude Balloons.

The Guest Speaker List for previous years 2003-2019 is now available > here <

Credit

Macarthur Astronomy Forum and other outreach initiatives are made possible by collaboration with Western Sydney University and Campbelltown Rotary Observatory.