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12.01.2022 Enter your amazing photos for the chance to win some really great prizes! https://cosmos.myphotoclub.com.au/

09.01.2022 Did Australian Bush Fire Smoke Reach the Stratosphere? All throughout the recent bush fire period, Rob McNaught never noticed the purple colour of this January 29th evening sky, but if indeed bushfire smoke has reached the stratosphere, Rob guessed it could be the cause. There were not any big fires at that moment though and Rob had only seen this colour before from volcanic aerosols. Rob McNaught will present images from his network of wide field astronomical cameras and dis...cuss his investigation of the origins of these purple twilights. The Astronomical Society of Coonabarabran will be holding a meeting this Wednesday night February 19th at 7:30PM Coonabarabran High School Science Lab. There will be an update on the network of Night Sky Brightness monitors and the involvement of the Astronomical Society of Coonabarabran in a project to measure the brightness of the night sky. We acknowledge the support of ARTC Inland Rail for supporting the community to help monitor and protect our dark skies. Rob McNaught will also speak about: Observing the recent GOSAT satellite flares. Identifying a potential Near Earth Object? We might also take the opportunity to discuss the impacts of the Starlink and the myriad other projects to launch large constellations of satellites to provide internet access. Society members get together at the Coonabarabran Bowling Club for a meal at around 6:00PM prior to moving to the High School where we meet near the Reception/Office area. It might be best to meet us in the Bowling Club Dining room at around 7:10PM if you haven't attended a meeting before. All welcome. Hope to see you there.

09.01.2022 Please pass on to any teachers you know Following last March’s great success with more than 802 schools from 77 countries around the world involved in the ac...tivity, we are happy to announce the Eratosthenes Experiment September 2019, which will take place on Monday, the 23rd of September! Do not miss the opportunity to participate in this fascinating international event! Take part through your school by registering at the Eratosthenes Experiment website with your school’s longitude and latitude. Once you are registered, you will be put in touch with a school from the same longitude with you by the organizing team. Together with your partner school, you will record data, collaborate, calculate the circumference of the Earth and submit the data. In order to stand a chance to win a scholarship to attend the 2020 European Science Education Academy (ESEA) Summer School in Greece, take a photo of your experiment and submit it until the 11th of October along with your data. For more info about the contest please visit: http://eratosthenes.ea.gr/content/photo-contest-2019 . Stay tuned by joining the Eratosthenes Experiment Community. There, you’ll find your country’s community (Network of related communities - on the right)and relevant educational material. If you do not have access to computers or tablets your students’ knowledge on the subject will be assessed by the means of an online questionnaire which can be found here. The questionnaire, available in many languages, should be answered before the lesson begins (pre-questionnaire) and after the lesson’s end (post questionnaire) so as to monitor the knowledge obtained by the students. Visit Eratosthenes Experiment official website, create your account and make use of it in order to register your school, submit & store your experiment data to compare them with future data. If you already had created an account in order to take part in Eratosthenes Experiment past events, all you have to do is to enter your account, update your profile if it’s needed (e.g. School name and coordinates if you are working in a new school this year, etc.) and don’t forget to check the Eratosthenes September 2019 participation box. Also photos from the experiment taking part at your school (or another location) could be included in the gallery of Eratosthenes official website. For this purpose, please send, up to 3 photos at the most, to [email protected] The Eratosthenes Experiment is organized under the support of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in the framework of the celebrations for the IAU 100th anniversary and the astronomical breakthroughs that have shaped science, technology and culture throughout the last century. Join the Eratosthenes Experiment to get a glimpse of FUNdamental science!

04.01.2022 May 5th was a great night to watch the sky. Rob McNaught has put some information together for a very special night with meteors, satellites, a comet, and a Theory of Everything. Thanks to Steve Lee for sharing his beautiful image of Comet Swan taken night before last. Predictions are for Coonabarabran....Continue reading