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 | |||