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
* Visitors are welcome at all LVAS events listed here, but events marked with a * are particularly suitable for the general public | |||
February | Tuesday 13 | 06:00 PM | * Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda |
Solar observing followed by "Using the Astronomy Yearbook 2024" | |||
March | Tuesday 12 | 07:30 PM | * Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda/Zoom |
Setting up and using a Dobsonian Telescope | |||
Friday 29 | Monday 1 April | National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers | |
April | Tuesday 2 | 07:30 PM | Members Observing Night, at Wrilda |
Tuesday 9 | 07:30 PM | Monthly Meeting, at Wrilda/Zoom | |
European Southern Observatory | |||
May | Saturday 11 | 07:00 PM | * Public Deep Sky Observing Night, at Wirilda |
Public observing or a presentation if cloudy | |||
Tuesday 14 | 07:30 PL | Monthly 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. | |||
June | Tuesday 11 | 07:30 PM | * Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom |
Favourite Gadget or Book Night / How I got into astronomy | |||
July | Tuesday 9 | 07:30 PM | * Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom |
Who Owns Space | |||
August | Tuesday 13 | 07:30 PM | AGM and Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda |
Pulsar Timing Array (Gravitational Wave Background) | |||
September | Tuesday 3 | 07:30 PM | Members Observing Night, at Wrilda |
Tuesday 10 | 07:30 PM | Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom | |
Using a Dobsonian for Astrophotography | |||
October | Tuesday 1 | 07:30 PM | Members Observing Night, at Wrilda |
Tuesday 8 | 07:30 PM | Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda / Zoom | |
Report on the TESS Science Conference (TESS is an exoplanet project) | |||
November | Friday 8 | 07:30 PM | * Public Lunar and Planetary Observing, at Morwell Town Common |
Tuesday 12 | 07:30 PM | Monthly Meeting, at Wirilda | |
Report on the Work of the JWST Space Telescope | |||
December | Friday 6 | From 06:30 PM | Breakup Starbecue, at Wirilda |
You are welcome to join LVAS for our annual breakup, BYO food & drinks |