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    Imaging Newborn Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope
    Toner Stevenson
    • 2 days ago
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    Imaging Newborn Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope

    Dr Benjamin Pope, the University of Queensland Date: Monday 5th September Time: 6:30pm (please join at 6:20pm) Via: Zoom link - look for your email and if you are now a member please email sydneycityskywatchers@gmail.com Solar systems like our own form within vast disks of gas and dust around newborn stars. The process of planetary growth cannot be understood only from study of mature systems - to find out more, we need to observe the detailed in-situ physics of planet-for
    A History of Radio Astronomy
    Toner Stevenson
    • 2 days ago
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    A History of Radio Astronomy

    Adjunct Professor Wayne Orchiston Date: Wednesday 5th October Time: 6:30pm Place: Zoom Link More information to come about this fascinating talk by Wayne Orchiston. astronomer, historian, author and editor. This is also the night of our AGM.
    Did you know? Voyager Mission
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Aug 9
    • 2 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know? Voyager Mission

    This month . . . The Voyager mission. Launched 45 years ago they were the first spacecraft to leave the solar system and are now heading on an infinite journey to the depths of space. The Voyager mission consisted of two identical spacecraft, Voyager 1 launched on the 5th September 1977 and Voyager 2 launched on the 20th August 1977. Image above: This illustration shows the positions of NASA’s Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes outside the heliosphere, the region surroundi
    The Astronomers' Bulletin: July - Sept 2022
    Janette Brenan
    • Aug 2
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    The Astronomers' Bulletin: July - Sept 2022

    In this issue of the Astronomers' Bulletin: James Webb Telescope Wolf-Rayet Stars Solar Observations Super Flares of SC24

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