2008
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| Feb. 2008 |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University). |
"Galactic Cannibalism" |
| Mar. 2008 |
Kate & Daniel Ross (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"Tour of U.K. Observatories" |
| Apr. 2008 |
Annual General Meeting, |
Election of office bearers |
| May 2008 |
Prof. Bryan Gaensler (Sydney University). |
"The Amazing Magnetars" |
| Jun. 2008 |
Dr. Laszlo Kiss (Sydney University). |
"Exploding Stars" |
| Jul. 2008 |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"The New MAS website" |
| Aug. 2008 |
Daniel Ross (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"Mars Landers, What are they up to?" |
| Sep. 2008 |
Dr Andrew Jacob (Sydney University). |
"Cepheid Variables: Interferometer Observations" |
| Oct. 2008 |
Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith, (SKA Project Scientist) |
"Massive Stars: Live Fast & Die Young" |
| Nov. 2008 |
Dr. Greg Madsen, (Sydney University). |
"How does our Galaxy work?" |
| Dec. 2008 |
No Meeting |
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2009
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| Jan. 2009 |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"Discussion on MAS Website use" |
| Feb. 2009 |
Ian Cook (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"Your Favourite Star" |
| Mar. 2009 |
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"Our Galaxy"
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| Apr. 2009 |
Annual General Meeting, election of office bearers. |
"Astronomy Trivia" Trevor and Anne Rhodes. |
| May 2009 |
Prof. Bryan Gaensler (Sydney University). |
"Magnets in the Sky" Article >> Here <<
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| Jun. 2009 |
Bob Bee (Macarthur Astronomical Society) |
"Mapping the Constellations with Mythology" |
| Jul. 2009 |
Dr. Ragbir Bhathal (University of Western Sydney). |
"Searching for Life in the Universe" (Public Talk) |
| Jul. 2009 |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society). |
"Imaging with a Digital SLR" Part 1"
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| Aug. 2009 |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University) |
"Cosmology and Dark Energy" >Article > Here << |
| Sep. 2009 |
No Guest Speaker |
General 'Get-together' and telescope forum. |
| Sep. 2009 |
Prof.Fred Watson (Anglo Australian Observatory). |
"Why is Uranus Upside Down?" (Public talk). |
| Oct. 2009 |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society) |
"Imaging with a Digital SLR" Part 2 |
| Nov. 2009 |
Dr Tim Robishaw (Sydney University) |
"Magnetic Fields Near and Far"
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| Dec. 2009 |
No meeting |
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2010
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| 18th Jan. |
General Discussion |
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| 15th Feb. |
Dr David Malin |
"Galileo's Legacy" |
| 15th Mar. |
Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO) |
"The AAO - More than a Big White Dome, What is it's Future?" |
| 19th Apr. |
Annual General Meeting, election of office bearers.
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Trivia Quiz - Trevor & Anne Rhodes ; plus
Starizona Hyperstar Imaging System Demo with Marc Aragnou |
| 17th May. |
Dr Ragbir Bhathal (University of Western Sydney) |
"Aboriginal Astronomy" |
| 21st Jun. |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University) |
"The Birth, Life and Death of Galaxies" |
| 19th Jul. |
Associate Professor Peter Tuthill (Sydney University) |
The "Deathstar" Wolf-Rayet 104: Exotic curiosity or harbinger of doom?
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| 16th Aug. |
Dr Max Spolaor (A.A.O) |
"The Chemical Evolution of Galaxies." |
| 20th Sep. |
Prof. Naomi McClure-Griffiths (A.T.N.F.) |
"What goes up and what comes down, in the Milky Way". |
| 9th Oct. |
Dr. David Malin (public talk) |
"The invisible universe, making sense of the unseen" |
| 9th Oct. |
David Reneke (public talk) |
"Secrets of the universe + 50 things you didn't know about the Moon landings" |
| 18th Oct. |
Bob Bee (Macathur Astronomical Society)
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"The Stargazer II tour of the old and the new in European astronomy"
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| 18th Oct. |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society) |
"A refresher in the use of our website" |
| 15th Nov. |
Professor Bryan Gaensler (Sydney University) |
"The Square Kilometre Array" |
| Dec 2010 |
No meeting |
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2011
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| 17th Jan. |
Tony Law (Macarthur Astronomical Society) |
"Tony's Telescopic Travels" |
| 21st Feb. |
Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO)
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"Poles Apart - The environment near a planet's poles" |
| 21st Mar. |
Les Dalrymple (Australian Sky & Telescope) |
"Globular Clusters -- their observational history, evolution and dynamics."
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| 18th Apr. |
Annual General Meeting + Daniel Ross (MAS) |
"My Trip to Space Camp"
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| 16th May |
Professor John Peacock (Edinburgh University) |
"Slipher, and the discovery of galaxies and the expanding universe"
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| 20th Jun. |
Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO SKA Project Scientist A.T.N.F) |
"A New Generation Telescope - The SKA" |
| 18th Jul. |
Dr Mike Ireland (Sydney University/Maquarie University) |
"The Birth and Death of Exoplanets with Telescopes Big and Small" |
| 15th Aug. |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University) |
"Just what do we know about the Universe?" |
| 19th Sep. |
Chris Malikoff (Macarthur Astronomical Society) |
"Tuning and maintaining your telescope and mount" |
| 17th Oct. |
Gary Kopff (Wildcard Innovations) |
"The Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer"
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| 21st Nov. |
Prof. Bryan Gaensler (Sydney University) |
"Extreme Cosmos" |
| Dec 2011 |
No meeting. |
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2012
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| 16th Jan. |
Workshop |
Workshop |
| 20th Feb. |
Dr. Lucyna Chudczer (School of Physics and Astrophysics, UNSW) |
"Following the water trail - the search and characterization of habitable extrasolar planets"
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| 19th Mar. |
Les Dalrymple (Australian Sky & Telescope) |
"The Evolution of M83 and the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster" |
| 16th April |
AGM - featuring Alexander Massey
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"Astro Sketching" |
| 21st May. |
Prof. Fred Watson AM (AAO)
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"In the Face of The Sun" |
| 18th Jun. |
Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith, (SKA Project Scientist)
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"The SKA - what’s next?"
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| 16th Jul. |
Anthony Wesley (Expert Astro -Imager)
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"Jupiter and Saturn: 2009 to 2012" |
| 20th Aug. |
Humayun Qureshi (Macarthur Astronomical Society)
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Workshop: DSLR imaging and general astrophotography and processing. |
| 17th Sep. |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University)
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"Andromeda and the 30 Dwarfs" |
| 15th Oct. |
Dr Simon O'Toole (AAO + Deputy Gemini Scientist) |
"A new view of planets and stars with the Kepler Space Telescope" |
| 19th Nov. |
Dr Emil Lenc (Sydney University & CAASTRO) |
"The Time Traveller's Guide to the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA)"
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| Dec. |
No Meeting. |
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2013
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Prof Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Prize recipient for Physics, will be welcomed to The Macarthur Astronomy Forum in 2013. |
Date to be advised
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| DATE |
SPEAKER |
TOPIC |
| 21st Jan. |
Chris Malikoff (MAS President)
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Astronomy apps on mobile devices |
| 18th Feb. |
Mike Salway (Ice in Space Founder)
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Nightscape Photography 101
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| 18th Mar. |
Dr Graeme Salter (UNSW)
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Fireflies beside lighthouses: The direct detection of extrasolar planets |
| 15th Apr. |
Dr Jonti Horner (UNSW) + AGM.
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Rocks from Space |
| 20th May. |
Dr Mark Phillips (Assoc.Director Las Campanas Obs) NEXT
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Exploding stars and the fate of the universe |
| 17th Jun. |
Dr Jeremy Bailey (UNSW) |
Mariner 2 and its Legacy: 50 Years On
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| 15th Jul. |
Prof Fred Watson A.A.O |
tba |
| 19th Aug. |
Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith, (SKA Project Scientist) |
tba |
| 16th Sep. |
Mr Geoff Sims (UNSW) |
Astronomy from Antarctica: A PhD student's perspective
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| 21st Oct. |
Prof. Geraint Lewis (Sydney University) |
tba |
| 18th Nov. |
Dr. Ángel R. López-Sánchez (AAO)
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Galaxies of the Local Universe |
| Dec. |
No meeting. |
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2014
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| DATE |
SPEAKER
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TOPIC |
| 20th Jan |
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| 17th Feb |
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| 17th March |
Dr Amanda Bauer (AAO) |
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