LVAS Calendar

Our normal ongoing program includes monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month (February to November) at 7:30 pm either at the Wirilda Education Centre or via "zoom", various public oberving nights, and member's observing nights around new moon. We usually conclude the year with a "Starbecue" on the first weekend of December

2024
* Visitors are welcome at all LVAS events listed here, but events marked with a * are particularly suitable for the general public
FebruaryTuesday 1306:00 PM* Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda
Solar observing followed by "Using the Astronomy Yearbook 2024"
MarchTuesday 1207:30 PM* Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda/Zoom
Setting up and using a Dobsonian Telescope
Friday 29Monday 1 April National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers
AprilTuesday 207:30 PMMembers Observing Night, at Wrilda
Tuesday 907:30 PMMonthly Meeting, at Wrilda/Zoom
European Southern Observatory
MaySaturday 1107:00 PM* Public Deep Sky Observing Night, at Wirilda
Public observing or a presentation if cloudy
Tuesday 1407:30 PLMonthly Meeting via Zoom
Guest speaker - Guido Tack from MPAS will be discussing his recent visit to JPL where he got to see behind the scenes.
JuneTuesday 1107:30 PM* Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom
Favourite Gadget or Book Night / How I got into astronomy
JulyTuesday 907:30 PM* Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom
Who Owns Space
AugustTuesday 1307:30 PMAGM and Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda
Pulsar Timing Array (Gravitational Wave Background)
SeptemberTuesday 307:30 PMMembers Observing Night, at Wrilda
Tuesday 1007:30 PMMonthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom
Using a Dobsonian for Astrophotography
OctoberTuesday 107:30 PMMembers Observing Night, at Wrilda
Tuesday 807:30 PMMonthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom
Report on the TESS Science Conference (TESS is an exoplanet project)
NovemberFriday 807:30 PM* Public Lunar and Planetary Observing, at Morwell Town Common
Tuesday 1207:30 PMMonthly Meeting, at Wirilda
Report on the Work of the JWST Space Telescope
DecemberFriday 6From 06:30 PMBreakup Starbecue, at Wirilda
You are welcome to join LVAS for our annual breakup, BYO food & drinks