RASNZ 2013 ConferenceThe Southland Astronomical Society is full steam ahead for the 2013 RASNZ Conference this weekend at the Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill (Friday the 24th to Sunday the 26th of May). Online registration has closed, but you can still register at the conference for the daily sessions. Visit the RASNZ Conference page for a message from our 2013 Conference hosts and other conference information. The Conference Brochure is available as a .PDF. The Seventh Trans-Tasman Symposium on Occultations (TTSO7) will be held in Invercargill, New Zealand, over Monday May 27 and Tuesday May 28, 2013 following the RASNZ Conference. |
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Planetary Alignment 26th to 31st May During the early evening of the 26th and 27th of May Mercury, Jupiter and Venus will be within 3 degrees of each other. On the 31st of May the planets form a line. Look to the west during the early evening twilight. |
Comet Lemmon Comet Lemmon has beat expectations by being about four magnitudes brighter than expected and is a nice binocular object. Comet Lemmon has returned in the morning sky and will slowly fade until it sinks out of sight toward the end of May. See the Comet Lemmon information page for details. |
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The Beatrice Hill Tinsley Lectures organised by the RASNZ Lecture Trust. See the Beatrice Hill Tinsley Lectures page for background information and details of future lecture series as they come to hand. |
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The Sky Each Month Moon & Planets: monthly viewing details and events for the moon and planets. The Southern hemisphere Evening Sky: a guide to the objects visible from New Zealand during the year. |
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