Notice Board

Next Guest Speaker:

Dr Lucyna Chudczer (Astronomy Australia Limited)

Macarthur Astronomy Forum

Monday 4th December. 7.15 for 7.30 pm

Topic: “Australian Astronomy in Partnership with European Southern Observatory (ESO)”

The Forum is open to MAS members, WSU students and the general public. No admission fee. Gold coin donations appreciated. It is held in the small lecture theatre in the School of Medicine (Building 30), Goldsmith Avenue, WSU Campbelltown Campus. You can find a location map and details by following this link.


Members Event Diary

DATE EVENTDETAILSPUBLIC
Saturday
2nd Dec
Stargard At The Oaks
C A N C E L L E D
Observing evening
SS 7.53 pm, MR 12.16 am
No
Monday
4th Dec
Macarthur Astronomy Forum
at WSU
Speaker: Dr Lucyna Chudczer
7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start. Map.
YES
Saturday
9th Dec
Stargard
At The Oaks
Observing evening
SS 7.59 pm, MR 3.19 am
No
Saturday
16th Dec
Stargard
At The Oaks
Observing evening
SS 8.04 pm, MS 11.20 pm (crescent)
No
Saturday
6th Jan
Stargard
At The Oaks
Observing evening
SS 8.12 pm, MR 1.47 am
No
Saturday
13th Jan
Stargard
At The Oaks
Observing evening
SS 8.11 pm, MS 9.55 pm (crescent)
No
Monday
22nd Jan
Macarthur Astronomy Forum
at WSU
Speaker: Dr Ciaran O’Hare (USYD)
7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start. Map.
YES

🟡 For Details of our next Public Stargazing night, please visit our Public Night page.


Our Observing Sites

Wooglemai is our members prime dark sky observing site near Oakdale. With clubhouse amenities, sleeping accommodation and unlimited all night viewing hours, the experience provides members with excellent value for money. See our Wooglemai page for site details.

Stargard is our main general purpose observing field at The Oaks. Whilst it does not boast the facilities that Wooglemai does, it provides convenient evening sessions closer to home and free of charge to members. See our Stargard page for site details.

Coming?

We need to know who is planning to attend. Members are requested to contact John Rombi to reserve a place before travelling to an observing session. For essential information about our observing session protocols, please read our Field Night page.


Weather Check

Weather Forecasting for Amateur Astronomers

📸

The Oaks Weather-cam: South facing The Oaks Weather-cam: North facing

General Notices

MAS Private Messages

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You can find the PM System in the Users menu above, after you have logged on.

Membership

Please contact Dave Manning (Membership Officer) for all new membership enquiries: membership@macastro.org.au or go to our new membership page.

Management Committee 2023

President: John Rombi.
Vice-President: Noel Sharpe; Treasurer: Andy Milton; Secretary: Roger Powell. 
Committee Members: Phillip Kidd; Greg Bradford.

Logging On

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E-mail

E-mail is our primary means of direct communication with all our members, so don’t forget to tell us if your e-mail address changes: membership@macastro.org.au.

Postal Address.

Membership cards are posted annually to the last postal address which you have provided to us, so please contact us with your new details at membership@macastro.org.au.

Observing

Members intending to attend our observing nights must read our Field Night page and Stargard or Wooglemai pages. Sessions are normally scheduled for Saturdays, because we recognise the needs of members who may have weekday jobs to go to. In the event of a doubtful weather forecast, members should check both here and our social media pages.



If you or a family member are showing any symptoms of covid, influenza or the common cold etc. please do not attend any of our events.