Posted on: September, 20th, 2018 | in Cosmology, General, Meetings, Planets, Solar System, Stellar
~ Our next meeting is this Tuesday 25th September Program: Planet Earth’s Techtonic Plate Movement Plate tectonics is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth’s lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between […] Read more»
Posted on: January, 23rd, 2018 | in Cosmology, General, Meetings, Planets, Solar System
The Tauranga Astronomical Society is having a FREE evening at the observatory on Tuesday January 23rd from 7:30pm. You can view the crescent moon through the large 14” and smaller telescopes at dusk – from around 8.45pm, but before that we have a very recent documentary video on the Cassini […] Read more»
Posted on: June, 26th, 2017 | in General, Meetings, Planets, Stellar
Weather permitting, the telescopes will be available for viewing from the start of the meeting. The Moon will be getting low on the Western horizon by 7:30pm so should be viewed at the start of the meeting before it sets. Jupiter and Saturn will be ideal for viewing throughout the […] Read more»
