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Notice of Next Meeting
Our next monthly meeting:
- Date: Wednesday 8 July 2020
- Time:
- 18h30: Introduction to Astronomy’ – Gil Jacobs Lecture 4
- 19h30: Annual General Meeting
- 20h00: Talk on Jupiter – Group Presentation
- Location: Zoom Meeting
- Book a spot via Facebook or send a e-mail to IT@astronomyjhb.co.za or Secretary@astronomyjhb.co.za
Picnic under the Stars
Our next Picnic under the Stars:
- Date: TBA
- Time: 18h30 – 22h00
- Location: Jhb. Observatory, Top of the hill at the Herbert Baker Library. Map.
- Topic: Whats Up – a detailed overview of some objects.
Please see our facebook page for more information or cancellations and to book your Spot
https://www.facebook.com/assajhb/
The murmering and chuckling displays delight, comfort and contemplative joy at what will be seen in the sky tonight. Bursts of joyous laughter bring one back to the chatter and fun of the evening. Do join ASSA JHB on the hill for a lovely picnic and stars evening. Dress warmly, bring along your own food and drinks. and oops, do not forget a chair or ‘situpon’. You may bring your own telescope if you want to.
There is a gas braai available at the picnic.
Events
- Lecturer: Gill Jacobs
- Topic: Introduction to Astronomy Lectures Series
- Location: Zoom Meeting
- Date:
Lecture 2: June 24 @ 19h30
Lecture 3: July 1 @ 19h30
Lecture 4: July 8 @ 18h30
Lecture 5: July 15 @ 19h30
Lecture 6: July 22 @ 19h30
For login details, book a spot via Facebook or send an email to
Astronomy.com
- Infinity and Beyond: Episode 2 — Exoplanets
- The Sky This Week from July 3 to 10
- Thorne-Żytkow objects: When a supergiant star swallows a dead star
- The path to Ingenuity: One man's decades-long quest to fly a helicopter on Mars
- How we can explore the cosmos by letting it come to us
- Up close and personal: 10 years in the life of the Sun
- The Sun’s sizzling corona is so hot thanks to tiny nanoflares, new evidence suggests
- The Sky This Week from June 26 to July 3
- Techno-turkey: Remembering Hubble’s vision troubles, 30 years on
- If we find life on Mars, what might it be like?
- All black holes should sport light rings
- Pluto has likely maintained an underground liquid ocean for billions of years
- A look back on Spitzer's legacy
- How many extraterrestrial civilizations could be trying to communicate with us right now?
- Enjoy the sky's great globular
Space.com
- How NASA's Apollo Astronauts Went to the Moon
- Why the Lunar Module Looked So Much Like a Moon Bug
- Could NASA Build the Famous Saturn V Today? It's Working on It, with a Twist
- At Solar System's Edge, NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Copes with Reduced Power
- In Photos: Soyuz Rocket Launches Russia's Meteor M2-2 Weather Satellite on Rideshare Mission
- Voyager 2 Transformed Our Ideas of Jupiter's Moons 40 Years Ago
- Surface Rupture from Ridgecrest Earthquake Spotted from Space (Photo)
- Saturn's Rings Shine Extra Bright This July: How to Catch Them
- SpaceX's Starhopper Prototype to Make 1st Untethered Hop Soon, Musk Says
- NASA's 'Green' Fuel Satellite Passes Its First Test
- July Full Moon 2019: 'Thunder Moon' Lunar Eclipse Meets Saturn in the Night Sky
- NASA Announces a Dozen Science and Tech Experiments to Scout the Moon
- India Gearing Up to Launch 2nd Moon Mission This Weekend
- LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite.
- Telescope Teamwork Reveals Gas Dwarf Planet's Atmosphere
Universe Today
- One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2
- Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet
- Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a Supernova
- Take a Flight Over Korolev Crater on Mars
- Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design!
- It Was Almost Certainly an Asteroid Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs. In Fact, Volcanoes Might Have Helped Life Recover
- Weekly Space Hangout: July 1, 2020 — Dr. Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center
- This Weekend’s Challenging Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rounds Out the Summer Season
- Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision
- Here’s How Perseverance’s Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars
- It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge
- Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life
- Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July
- A brand new magnetar found, it’s only 240 years old
- Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This
British Astronomical Association
- Observer's Challenge - Saturn 2020
- BAA Summer Webinar - Saturday 4th July
- Results of the CPRE Star Count 2020
- Observer's Challenge - Venus/Moon Occultation 19th June
- Dwarf nova PQ And undergoes rare outburst
- Observer's Challenge - Three Galaxies in Virgo
- Tonight's webinar: Sir Patrick Moore - Early Life, Mentors and Notebooks (Part II)
- Tonight's webinar: Sir Patrick Moore - Early Life, Mentors and Notebooks (Part II)
- The Whirlpool Galaxy - a video from John Mason
- Observing Highlights for Mercury and Venus - a video from Pete Lawrence and Paul G. Abel
- News of the binary black hole, OJ287
- Spring Webinar Saturday 25th April
- BAA Weekly Webinars
- Venus and Sky Notes videos
- BAA videos available for all