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.
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.
Guest Speaker List 2021
| DATE | LOC | SPEAKER | TOPIC |
| 18 Jan | Zoom | Dr Devika Kamath (Maq Uni) | Cosmic Alchemy: The 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 Canberra) | 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 cometary bodies around other stars. |
| 16 Aug | Dr Emil Lenc (CSIRO) NEXT | tba | |
| 20 Sep | Dr Kirsten Banks | tba | |
| 18 Oct | Prof Tim Bedding (USYD) | tba | |
| 15 Nov | Dr Devika Kamath (Maq Uni) | tba | |
| Dec* | Prof Geraint Lewis (USYD) | tba |
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 2008-2019 is now available > here < |
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Macarthur Astronomy Forum and other outreach initiatives are made possible by collaboration with Western Sydney University and Campbelltown Rotary Observatory.