Astronomy Education: June 2025

The Astronomy Education talk precedes the General Meeting which features the main presentation for the evening. Both ASSA meetings are held in-person and are open to the general public.

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Stellar Evolution Part 1 | Astronomy Education

presented by Colin Hill, Acting Astronomy Education Officer

Abstract: In this session we will take a close look at the Hertzsprung Russell (HR) Diagram which explains the relationship between luminosity, mass and temperature in stars during their various phases of evolution from a protostar and the main sequence through to red giants and white dwarfs.

Bio: Colin is employed as a biomedical technician at St. Andrew’s Hospital. He is a Life Member of ASSA and has been the Society's Beginner's Councillor for 16 years. He owns a Sirius observatory in Gawler where his main interest is Astrophotography. He is also participating in an international amateur search for habitable exoplanets and currently has an unconfirmed sub-Jupiter discovery around GL3470.

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