Astronomy Education:
The Moon

Wednesday 1 February, 7:00pm

After travelling to the far reaches of the cosmos last year, we return to our own neighbourhood and take a close look at our own natural satellite - The Moon. Where did it come from? What are it's physical properties? These questions and many more will be explored about our companion in space.

General Meeting:
Supernovae Type 1a: Standard Candles

Wednesday 1 February, 8:00pm

Presented by Kevin Davey
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was awarded to three people, including Brian Schmidt of the ANU, "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae". As soon as supernovae were identified as far more luminous events than the much less powerful classical novae, methods have been sought to use them to measure large distances in the universe. Rare Type Ia supernovae have been accepted as supreme distance indicators of the galaxies in which they occur. Kevin will outline how SN Ia became established as standard candles, leading to Professor Schmidt's determination that the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, and the award of his prize.

Public viewing nights commence 8:30pm

Friday 3 February

• Black Forest Public Viewing Night
• The Heights Public Viewing Night

Saturday 18 February

• Tooperang Viewing Night
• Stockport Viewing Night

Saturday 25 February

• Stockport Starparty

more events...

Sunrise: 6:29am
Sunset: 8:26pm

waxing crescent

Times are calculated for Adelaide and are approximates only.