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    Did you know? The James Webb telescope

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    Did you know? The James Webb telescope

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    A Truly Australian Star

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    A Truly Australian Star

    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt

    • Nov 7, 2021
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    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt

    Did you know? Binary Stars

    • Oct 10, 2021
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    Did You know?...Equinoxes.

    • Sep 8, 2021
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    Did You know?...Equinoxes.

    Did you know? Artificial Satellites

    • Aug 8, 2021
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    Did you know? Artificial Satellites

    Did you know?...the asteroid belt

    • Jul 26, 2021
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    Did you know?...the asteroid belt

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    Did you know: Uranus
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jun 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Did you know: Uranus

    Did you know: Astronomical tidbits and this months is our Solar System planet Uranus.
    Did you know? Gamma Rays & Gamma Ray Bursts.
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Mar 8, 2020
    • 1 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know? Gamma Rays & Gamma Ray Bursts.

    Blamed for turning Bruce Banner into the Incredible Hulk, Gamma Rays and Gamma Ray Bursts are the most energetic and luminous...
    Did you know - Stars: the oldest, biggest and hottest of the bunch
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jan 6, 2019
    • 1 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know - Stars: the oldest, biggest and hottest of the bunch

    Our first club meeting is on Monday 4 February at 6:30pm, with a presentation by Lesa Moore about astrobiology. The Oldest Star: One of...
    Did you know? Asteroids
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Aug 29, 2018
    • 1 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know? Asteroids

    This month we feature…. Asteroids Asteroids come in all shapes and sizes, from the almost spherical to irregular like Eros which is...
    Did You know? Nebula (plural Nebulae)
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jul 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Did You know? Nebula (plural Nebulae)

    This month we feature…. Nebula (plural Nebulae) Latin for “cloud”. The image above is of the great Orion Nebula - this is an object you...
    Did you know? - the constellations
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Jun 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Did you know? - the constellations

    This month we feature …. The Constellations (latin for “set of stars”) There are 88 constellations in the western astronomy night sky...
    Did you know? - the planets
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • May 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Did you know? - the planets

    The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
    Did You know? Moons & Andromeda Galaxy
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Mar 3, 2018
    • 1 min

    Did You know? Moons & Andromeda Galaxy

    All of Uranus’ moons (NASA image above taken by Voyager) are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope plays. For...

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