Notice of Next Meeting
Our next monthly meeting takes place on:
- Date: Wednesday 10 April 2019
- Time: 19h00 for 19h30
- Location: Wits Planetarium
- Presenter: Dr Andrew Chen
- Topic: The seven wonders of TRAPPIST-1
- Donation: R20 pp for tea and snacks
All ASSAJHB members welcome. Visitors to book through Monica Loubser.
Cell: 084 405 4005
E-Mail: monicaloubser.ml@gmail.com
Meetings generally last about one and a half hours, and include a Topic of Interest, What’s Up in the Night Sky, and the Main Speaker’s Presentation. Tea and coffee are served afterwards. Visitors are welcome.
Sky and Braai
Our next monthly Braai takes place on:
- Date: To Be Confirmed
- Time: 16h30
- Location: Jhb. Observatory, Top of the hill at the Herbert Baker Library. Map.
- Topic: Whats Up – a detailed overview af some objects.
- Donation: R20 pp for the fire wood. Children under 15 free.
Agenda:
- 16h30 – Arrival and Fires started
- 17h00 – Braai
- 18h00 – Presentation
- 18h20 – 10 min Break
- 18h30 – Viewing
- 20h00 – close domes and lock up.
Our fire glows warmly with a spirit of friendship settling to waft delicious aromas that pervade the olfactory nerves, creating intense appeal for taste buds.
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Events
Date: Wednesday 10 April 2019
Time: 19h00 for 19h30
Location: Wits Planetarium
Presenter: Dr Andrew Chen
Topic: The seven wonders of TRAPPIST-1
Donation: R20 pp for tea and snacks
All ASSAJHB members welcome. Visitors to book through Monica Loubser.
Cell: 084 405 4005
E-Mail: monicaloubser.ml@gmail.com
Venue : Wits Planetarium
Time : 19h30
Speaker : Dave Blane
Topic: The Island Universes
Dave will take us on tour of the amazing objects we know as galaxies that make up our universe, there origins, structure, classification and how intertwined they are in the cosmic thread of dark matter.
This is an ordinary meeting. There is no Planetarium show.
R20 donation for refreshments.
Sky Guides will be available at R35 each.
Visitors and friends are welcome but we have had to restrict the numbers. We therefore have allocated place for 20 visitors who must please book through Monica Loubser via email. monicaloubser.ml@gmail.com
The attached cover picture shows what is installed in this issue.
Please let others who are not on this group know.
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ASSAJHB
Monthly Meeting
Date: 15 August 2018
Venue: Wits Planetarium
Time: 19h15 for 19h30
Open to ASSAJHB members
Visitors welcome
Limited number of seats available for visitors (non ASSAJHB members)
Visitors Booking Contact : monicaloubser.ml @gmail.com or SMS 084 405 4005
ASSAJHB
August Monthly Meeting date rescheduled .
August Monthly Meeting : 15 August at Wits Planetarium see link for details
https://t.co/Oa7IN72mGf
In the Night Sky
N In the South East with a broad sweep of the the MIlky Way rides the Celestial ship Argo Navis. This ancient vessel is made up of the current constellations; Vela, Carina and Puppis.
Left and to the north Lies Gemini with the bright and beautiful stars, Castor and Pollux in Gemini, while more to the north, the beauty of Capella bedazzles its host constellation Auriga, beside Taurus.
The equally bright stars of Crux and Centaurus brightly grace the Southern skies.
Cetus the Whale commands space in the Northwest. He had a name change. In ancient times he represented a sea monster called Typhon. There is all this and more to observe in the month of February.
Mira, which in Arabic, means “beautiful”. Joins the head and neck of Cetus, she is in the middle and known as the speeding wonder. Mira with a bow-wave made up of hot plasma/gas that form a tail so beautiful, in ultra-violet blue.
When our clouds are parted there will be time to look and see.