Why astronomers now doubt there is an undiscovered 9th planet in our solar system Why astronomers now doubt there is an undiscovered 9th planet in our solar system Why astronomers now doubt there is

Hi everyone Another busy month and here in New Zealand things seem to begetting back to life as normal and were looking at moving down to level 1 nextmonth. Lots of interesting research this

Hi All This Sci Fi E-book caught my attention today and looks very interesting IntroductionJulie NovákováIs anyone out there?This is an age-old question we are yet to answer.Speculation on alien

Snow on Mt Alpha 1363M in the southern Tararua range. The one cold snap brought snow down to around 1000m in altitude here, Nikon CoolPix P900 CMOS Sensor 13_05_2020 Target - Subject Mt

The Dark Side of Light Published by Damien McNamara Hi everyone here is a interesting book Damien has written and offered to share with us to read. Being a similar age to Damien, I too can remember

Hi everyone Please find all the usual newsletters and star chartsattached, lots to have a look at this month and the new Kepler planet is one towatch as an interesting discovery. Again here is no

Hi Everyone Please find this month’s newsletters and Starchartsattached. There is some interesting papers looking at Icy moons, and even Mercury. Current events this week have been moving fast, and

Hi Everyone The usual starcharts and newsletters are attached for themonth, along with two interesting papers on Anthropology one takes a look atEaster Island and another the DNA of people

Hi Everyone Please enjoy this months news and star charts, along with lots of interesting news and discovery's. Research papers Spin dynamics of close-in planets exhibiting large

Smoke and haze over Wellington, New Zealand. The hills and harbor had a distinct haze this morning here in Wellington, I hope things are better for our friends in Australia. BOM weather forecast for

Hi everyone Please find this month’s research and news items attached below,along with the star charts too. It’s almost the summer solstice, but far from it here inWellington

700 extra jobs - Times Age 700 extra jobs - Times Age Facebook Twitter 1 LinkedIn A report says a Dark Sky reserve will provide a shot in the arm for the Wairarapa ec... Further links and discussion

Hi Everyone Please find the latest RASNZ keeping in touch newsletter from John D. I have also attached some interesting news and research too, that I have been looking at on my laptop. If you

Hi everyone It was another stunning weekend away just the Saturday night for myself, however everyone else had a great Friday night with clear skys. It was nice to get the scopes and DSLR out. New

Here are a few highlights of the trip north from Wellington to enjoy the Transit and tomorrow I'm heading up for one night for the NZ astro photography weekend Transit of

Hi everyone Please find all the regular newsletters attached, along withstarcharts and a look at Titan. Wellington finally had a Summers day today! There have beena lot of cold South westerly winds

The all night Star Party looking very overcast With Ian Griffin and Steve Butler Cooks Beach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Bay The trip has been amazing thanks to our hosts. Its

https://theconversation.com/evolution-tells-us-we-might-be-the-only-intelligent-life-in-the-universe-124706 This article was excellent to read and I hope you enjoy it too very interesting Cheers

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Hi everyone All the usual Star charts and news items are attached forthis month. I have also attached two bit of interesting research. The firstlooks at Ceres and how its domes are formed, these