February 2019 – Tauranga Astronomical Society

Public Meeting Tuesday 26th February 2019

Posted on: February, 22nd, 2019 | in Astrophotography, Meetings, Observatory

The featured image is the Hubble Space Telescope ~ Our next meeting is this Tuesday 26th February Program – Member Keith Forrest will address us about his observatory that he designed and built. Not to be missed ! Another member David Greig has produced a video of the International […] Read more»

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Program for Public Meeting 12th February 2019

Posted on: February, 5th, 2019 | in Meetings, Planets, Solar System

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto's moon Charon just before closest approach on July 14, 2015. Charon’s striking reddish north polar region is informally named Mordor Macula.
(Source: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

~ Our next meeting is Tuesday 12th February The Wonders, Origins and Diversity of Life presented by noted English Astrophysicist Prof. Brian Cox Biodiversity – examples of life on earth Seeing Inside the Sun Surface of the Sun (Source: youtube) New Horizons’ Discoveries Around Pluto Three billion miles from Earth, NASA’s […] Read more»

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Public Meeting Tuesday 26th February 2019

Program for Public Meeting 12th February 2019

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