Macarthur Astronomical Society

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 2022

DATE	LOC	SPEAKER	TOPIC
17 Jan	Zoom	tba	tba
21 Feb	tba
21 Mar	tba
18 Apr	tba
16 May	tba
20 Jun	tba
18 Jul	tba
15 Aug	tba
19 Sep	tba
17 Oct	tba
21 Nov	tba
05 Dec	tba

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 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) NEXT	“Planets and starquakes with NASA’s Kepler and TESS Missions”
15 Nov	Zoom	Dr Devika Kamath (Maq Uni)	tba
6 Dec	Zoom	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 <

Credit

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