Hi Everyone The forecast is looking promising for Wellington and the westcost of the North Islands for the lunar eclipse this Wednesday night. Most ofthe South Island is looking clear, however the

Leon Gurevitch from Victoria University’s School of Design This was a very interesting talk about photography thenmoving into the world of digital photography, using the EXIF information tolook

Hi everyone Plenty of interesting items out this month, Highlights arethe Ingenuity helicopter on mars, it’s been amazing to watch the videos. Therewas also a flare on Proxima centaur too that I

Hi everyone Please find this month’s newsletters and research itemsattached to enjoy Cheers Edwin Research papers Spin state and moment of inertia of

Hi everyone Please find this month’s newsletters and star chartsattached. This month there is an interesting number of papers and news items onmy favorite class of stars, looking at planets

Hi Everyone Andrew has put together a range of images and links from the Perseverance Rover, as always he finds the best images and links. I always do enjoy his updates. I personally was luck enough

Ian Griffin – Chasing the Auroura This sure was a packed talk from Ian here in Wellington! Iwas lucky enough to have met Ian once before in Cooks Beach for the transit of Mercuryin November

Hi everyone Please find this month’s newsletters and Starcharts attached. There is no shortage of interesting papers this month. Thehighlights are the planets around Trappist-1 and TOI 178 two

Not Yet Imagined: A Study of Hubble Space Telescope Operations Hi everyone this looks like a great e-book to download and have a read of. Not Yet Imagined Not Yet Imagined Not Yet Imagined documents

Hi everyone Please find this months starcharts and Keeping in touch newsletter from John D Cheers Astronomy/News/Photos are my main interests and more links can be found @ Astronomy in New Zealand -

Merry Christmas everyone. Please find the attached usual newsletters, I haven’t hadthis month’s star charts for this month, but if you’re in New Zealand you mightnot have had much use for

Starfield Observatory Hi all John sure has been busy since I last made it out to his observatorycomplex near Martinbourgh the trees have grown and the observatories too. It’sa real credit to

The future of Earth and also a look at Proxima C Please join the following groups for further discussions and information Astronomy in New Zealand - Groups.io https://groups.io/g/AstronomyNZ Astronomy

They are already very close; as you say, great views to come. My eyesight is not what it was and stars/planets present as elongated spikes (distance glasses clean it up nicely) - I doubt I'll be able

Going to be great to watch over the next month https://www.universalworkshop.com/2020/11/24/high-powered-view/ Please join the following groups for further discussions and information Astronomy in

Hi everyone Please find all the usual star chart’s and newslettersattached along with a few interesting bits of research. There is a good look at the search for the proposed outerice giant this

Hi all It was a great weekend away in Foxton at the NZ Astrophotography weekend. There was no shortage of telescopes to check out and admire. It was a nice clear night Saturday night and I managed to

The Southern Cross and pointers One here for people to enjoy from the northern hemisphere,there were some street lights in this direction, and the cabin I was in for thenight can be seen too. New

A night under the stars It was good to give the 650D a workout and snap this one ofeveryone with their gear and hard at work under the stars, my DSLR is now over8 years old too! New Zealand

Hi Everyone Important news requires an important update. Attached are two interesting papers about the Moon and water on the surface to have a look at. The observations were made from SOFIA which