About

Tauranga Astronomical Society’s observatory is located in the Otumoetai Sports and Recreation Club (OSRC) building, Fergusson Park, at the end of Tilby Drive, Matua, Tauranga.

Click here for regular MEETING details.

The observatory houses a variety of equipment:

  • A 14 inch Meade LX200-ACF telescope.
  • A Lundt Solar 60 telescope for viewing the Sun.
  • 10 inch Dobsonian
  • 8 inch Meade LX10 SCT
  • …and a number of other smaller telescopes.
PRESIDENT: David Greig
VICE PRESIDENT: Martin Capener
SECRETARY: Raewyn Forrest
PUBLICITY OFFICER: Kevin Patmore
TREASURER: James Turney
COMMITTEE MEMBER: Jeff Morgan
COMMITTEE MEMBER: John Smyth
COMMITTEE MEMBER: Keith Forrest

Committee meetings are held on the evening of the first Wednesday each month