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2009 - IYA

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• 02-05 April 2009: 100 Hours of Astronomy
  This event will incorporate the International Sidewalk Astronomy Night 2009 (ISAN)
  Details: TBA
   

 

While the International Year of Astronomy has not yet commenced, we have the pleasure to list some

Warm-up Events.

 

• Monthly: World Astro Cast
  Schedule and LIVE casts can be accessed at www.ustream.tv/channel/world-astrocast-astronomy.
  Details: Password required - contact Michael Finney.
  The recorded presentation can be viewed at the same URL (www.ustream.tv/channel/world-astrocast-astronomy)
  once the webcast has finished.

 

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2008

• 26-29 September 2008: Herbert Starparty
  at Camp Iona, Herbert (20km South of Oamaru)
  Cost is $10 a night $20 fr 2 and $25 for the whole weekend.
  People wanting to present a talk are welcomed. We already have several who have confirmed themselves as available to speak (the organisers reserve the right to control this and keep the event from becoming too much of a talk fest)
  Details: Phil Barker, philsonja at xtra.co.nz, ph. 03 3833683
  Ross Dickie, radickie at xtra.co.nz
   
• 26-28 September 2008: 2008 RASNZ Astrophotography Camp
  (Friday to Sunday)
  held in conjunction with the Waharau camp about 1.5 hours south of Auckland (north of Miranda). Non-RASNZ members are welcome to attend.
  Details: TBA
   
• 26-28 September 2008: Waharau Star Party
  (Friday to Sunday)
  Details: Email Dave Moorhouse
   
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• 04-06 July 2008: Waharau Star Party
  (Friday to Sunday)
  Details: Email Dave Moorhouse
   
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• June 2008: Matariki - The Māori New Year
  Throughout New Zealand special events to celebrate Matariki will take place over three weeks.
  Details:
  Te Papa Tongarewa, The National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington
  Stardome Observatory, Auckland
  He Karanga Matariki, Māori TV on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (10-12 June) at 20:30
   
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• 10 May 2008: Astronomy Day New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  a worldwide initiative by the Astronomical League
  Activity: Telescope Viewing, information about astronomy, astronomy societies, IYA2009, radio astronomy, dark sky campaign (light pollution).
  Saturday, 10 May 1pm to 11pm, Queens Wharf, Wellington City
  Contact: Paul Moss
  Email: paul.moss @ astronomy.net.nz
  Website: www.astronomy.net.nz
   
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• 26 April 2008: World Astro Cast
  Note: 26 April 20:00 GMT = 27 April 08:00 NZT
  Mr Ian Ridpath presents Pictures in the Sky.
  The origin, and history of the Constellations. Celebrity author Ian Ridpath delivers his enlightening presentation on the origin of the Constellations from their earliest times.Viewers may ask questions of Ian after the presentation.
  Details: Password required - contact Michael Finney.
  The recorded presentation can be viewed at www.ustream.tv/channel/world-astrocast-astronomy once the webcast has finished.
   
• 26 April 2008: STARS
  Performance: Warwick Blair
  Video: Paul Moss
  Saturday, 26 April 12-4pm, The Gus Fisher Gallery
  Composer Warwick Blair presents a four-hour preview of his forthcoming project Stars, a 24-hour-long audio-visual project inspired by the Indian concept of anoraniyan mahatomahiyan, which proposes an intertwined relationship between the cosmos and human body. Blair's composition draws from gandharva music, which applies particular qualities to specific times of the day, and incorporates electronic backing and vocals from Sandhya Rao Badakere.
  Admission free
  The Gus Fisher Gallery
  74 Shortland Street, Auckland
  Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday, 12-4pm;
  closed Public Holidays
  Phone: 9 373 7599 ext 86646
  Email: gusfishergallery @ auckland.ac.nz
  Website: www.gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz
   
• 12 April 2008: 2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night
  Details: sidewalkastronomynight.com/
   
  • Gisborne
    Details: Cook Observatory open from 8pm till 9.30pm, and some Telescopes set up in Treble Court (beside McDonalds) in the central city area at 8pm to 9pm (but we will stay longer as long as there are people around and keen to have a look).
     
  • Wellington
    Details: on the Waterfront at Queens Wharf, with at least one of each type of telescope, a 100mm refractor, a 150mm reflector, a 200mm Schmidt-Cassegrain and a 150mm Dobsonian mounted reflector. This year we will also have a yagi array on a steerable mount to demonstrate radio astronomy concepts and a laptop playing solar movies and solar radio sounds.
    We run our event in conjunction with members from both Wellington Astronomical Society and the Phoenix Astronomical Society, liaising with our City Council to ensure public safety and minimal impact on other public activities.
     
  • Dunedin
    On Friday night, 11 April (one day early!)
    Details: Upper Octagon (no exact time known). Run by Dunedin Astronomical Society.
     
• 12 April 2008: Yuri´s Night
  Celebrated annually to memorise the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin on this day in 1961 and the first Space Shuttle launch exactly 20 years later. Details: www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/events/2008/yuris_night/index.html
   
• 04-06 April 2008: Waharau Star Party
  (Friday to Sunday)
  Details: Email Dave Moorhouse
   
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• 29 March 2008: Third World Astro Cast
  Note: 29 March 20:00 GMT = 30 March 09:00 NZDT
  Jennie McCormick & Dr Grant Christie present
  Hunting Planets with Gravity´s Telescope.
  Details: Password required - contact Michael Finney
   
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• 25 February - 08 March 2008: GLOBE at Night
  Can You See the Stars?
  Join thousands of other students, families and citizen-scientists hunting for stars during February 25 through March 8, 2008. Take part in this international event called GLOBE at Night to observe the nighttime sky and learn more about light pollution around the world.
  Details: www.globe.gov/globeatnight/
   
• 23 February 2008: Second World Astro Cast
  Date changed!
  Details: www.nnhs.info/wac3.htm
   
• 08-10 February 2008: Stardate South Island 2008
  Staveley, inland from Christchurch (a long way inland!)
  Note: Dates changed due to concerns about the brightness of the moon on the originally scheduled weekend.
  Details: www.forestry.ac.nz/euan/stardate/
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  various sites, Christchurch
  Details: Canterbury Astronomical Society
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  Observatory, Dunedin
  Details: none available
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  Observatory next to the Hamilton Zoo in Brymer Road, Hamilton
  Details: Hamilton Astronomical Society
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  Cook Observatory on Kaiti Hill, Gisborne
  Details: Gisborne Astronomical Society
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  Location TBA, Nelson
  Details:
  Observation lead by Jay M. Pasachoff
  Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy, Williams College
  Director, Hopkins Observatory
  Email:    This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
  See also www.rasnz.org.nz/Events2008.htm for timing info.
   
• 07 February 2008: Observation of Partial Solar Eclipse
  Te Rae Kai Hau Point, Wellington
  Details: eventfinder.co.nz
   
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• 24 January 2008: Talk by Jocelyn Bell Burnell
  The ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND has arranged for a presentation
  Careering through Astronomy, by Jocelyn Bell Burnell,
  Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford.
  Many of you will know the exciting story of her discovery of radio pulsars when she was a postgraduate student. Professor Bell is currently in New Zealand on holiday, but has kindly agreed to take time out to meet with us.
  Thursday 24 January at 1pm
  Lecture Theatre, Science House, 11 Turnbull St, Wellington
  Note: Space is limited, so it is important that you RSVP to Glenda Lewis at RSNZ (phone 04-4727421).
  The presentation will be linked to Canterbury, Auckland and Rotorua by video conference (and KAREN).
  For more information on Professor Bell see starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/bell.html
  www.csupomona.edu/~nova/scientists/articles/burn.html
   
• 10-14 January 2008: Stardate North Island 2008
  Tukituki, near Havelock North
  Details: www.astronomynz.org.nz/stardate-2007/stardate-2.html
   

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2007

• 13 October 2007: World Astro Cast 2007
  Groups for this event are currently being organised.
  Please contact Marilyn Head.
  Details: www.nnhs.info/wac.htm
   
• 05-07(08) October 2007: 2007 Astrophotography Camp
  Astrophotography Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
  Possum Observatory, Gisborne
  Details: www.possumobservatory.co.nz/gissy_gathering-2007.htm
   
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• 28 August 2007: Observation of Total Lunar Eclipse
  Te Rae Kai Hau Point, Wellington
  Details: www.sky.org.nz/
   
• 28 August 2007: Observation of Total Lunar Eclipse
  Cook Observatory, Gisborne
  Details: Possum Observatory
   

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