
Newsletter - May 2012
CLUB NEWS
from David Durham, BAS President
THE CONSTELLATIONS
Learning your way around the sky with David Durham
WHAT’S UP
David Durham’s recommended objects for May
COMET NEWS
Steve Taylor’s rundown on May’s comets
QAEC 2012
Tony Surma-Hawes reports on the Queensland Astronomy
Education Conference
THE AQUA-TORIAL PLATFORM
Hermann Schraut’s take on the McCreary Telescope Mount
NEW LASER POINTER REGULATIONS
A must-read for all BAS members
BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN
An interesting diagram from Roberto Ziche, showing how much
sunlight reaches the various planets (submitted by Paul Floyd)
QUEENSLAND ASTROFEST
JUNIOR ASTRONOMY SESSIONS
ASTRONOMICAL FORMULAE
Tony Samson’s guide to optical and other astronomy-related
calculations
TRANSIT OF VENUS
ASTROPHYSICS CORNER
The Main Sequence, and the life and sizes of stars
by David Durham
BAS INFORMATION
Equipment hire, library borrowing and membership subscriptions
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April 2012
CLUB NEWS
THE CONSTELLATIONS
THE PLANETS
COMET NEWS
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS COMET OF 2011
EQ6 STELLARIUM TELESCOPE CONTROL PROJECT
MEMBERS’ ASTROPHOTOS
ASTROCARDS
BAS INFORMATION |
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