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25.01.2022 Now that the Mars2020 mission with the Perseverence rover is underway, I'd like to recognise and congratulate the NASA engineers and mission specialists who made it possible. Last August I was fortunate to be invited by UNSW Astrobiology to venture to the Pilbara to meet both the NASA and ESA Mars mission teams whilst they were exploring fossil evidence of the earliest life on Earth, in order for them to understand the geology of what may confront them on Mars. Here are a few photos of that trip....
24.01.2022 Last night the Central West was greeted with another great pass of the International Space Station. Ray Pickard from the Bathurst Observatory Research Facility managed to take these fabulous photos of it through his telescope.
24.01.2022 A great opportunity for a budding First Nations cultural astronomer...
23.01.2022 Any budding cultural astronomers out there?
22.01.2022 #IAUS358 Starts today! The first #IAUsymposium on "Astronomy for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion", Tokyo, JAPAN, until 15 November 2019. https://iau-oao.nao.ac.jp/iaus358 Credit: Ali Jaber Al-Edhari / IAU100
21.01.2022 A nice article on the Emu in The Sky and how it ended up on a coin...
21.01.2022 This year's National Indigenous Science Education Program (NISEP) event for National Science Week (15th to 23rd Aug) will be run entirely online and includes a session on Aboriginal Astronomy by three members of our Australian Indigenous Astronomy team, Kirsten Banks, Bob Fuller and Trevor Leaman. Each session is free, but you must register by following the link below.
20.01.2022 Please join in for an interesting talk on the aboriginal night sky. https://facebook.com/events/s/cosmic-creatures-animals-in-au/663845857509145/?ti=as
17.01.2022 For anyone who wishes to see the Solstice sun at Newgrange, Ireland, there will be a livestream from the site over three days. Follow the link at: www.gov.ie/newgrange (n.b. 8:45 am UTC = 7:45 pm AEDT)
14.01.2022 On Sunday 8th November, I was fortunate to be invited up to CSIRO Parkes for a NAIDOC Week event: The Wiradjuri naming ceremony for the three Radio Telescopes by Dr Stan Grant. https://www.facebook.com/watch/
13.01.2022 Nice to see a project I had some involvement in come to fruition. Some good news among all the not so good...
13.01.2022 Hi Guys. As you are aware, I've been a bit quiet on here of late. Both the bushfires and dust storms these last 3 months or so means I haven't bothered to get the telescope out of the shed. I have also been busy preparing for the upcoming cultural astronomy conference in Argentina in April, where I will be presenting a talk on some of my/our research. I also have some events coming up in 2020, but more info on these later.
12.01.2022 Listen to Yorta Yorta ecologist Jessie Ferrari discuss the connections between the stars and lifecycles of animals with my PhD supervisor A/Prof Duane Hamacher.
12.01.2022 One of my colleagues, Kamilaroi astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli, was interviewed by the BBC on Aboriginal Astronomy. Enjoy.
11.01.2022 For anyone who would like to see what's up in the night sky at the moment, tune in to this Zoom session tomorrow night. Should be a good, informative session...
10.01.2022 It is self-evident that we are loosing our pristine night skies to light pollution. What is not immediately apparent is that we are loosing our Indigenous and ancestral sky stories along with it. I invite you to read & ponder this new paper just accepted for publication "Whitening the Sky: Light pollution as a form of cultural genocide"
10.01.2022 Next year's Christmas present....after winning lotto...
09.01.2022 One of my colleagues, Kamilaroi astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli, just posted a presentation on Aboriginal Astronomy. It features some of our research. Enjoy!
09.01.2022 Stay tuned. Event announcement coming soon...
08.01.2022 New logo using the original commissioned artwork of Scott "Sauce" Towney, Wiradjuri artist from Peak Hill, NSW.
04.01.2022 Our first event since the Covid-19 lockdown. Please observe normal social distancing rules and hygene requirements, but most importantly enjoy yourselves.... For bookings and enquiries, please follow the link below.
03.01.2022 Bathurst Observatory is hosting a live chat on telescopes: what to buy and how to use them. Tune in this Friday at 7pm-7:30pm using the Zoom link provided.
02.01.2022 The second commemorative coin in the Star Dreaming series featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander astronomy is now available.
01.01.2022 The more dark sky conservation sites we have the better chance of preserving our cultural astronomical heritage...
