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Gondwana Telescopes
Locality: Maroubra, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: +61 410 678 730
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25.01.2022 Caps off a fruitful time for Gondwana Telescopes!
23.01.2022 Queensland Astrofest, 2014 This last weekend Gondwana Telescopes attended Queensland's Astrofest. Three of Gondwana's dobsonians were taken, all packed into the one car along with camping gear packed all around, for a total round trip distance of 2150km. Two 12" Marana, and one 17.5" Karee. The Marana model was submitted into the Astrofest telescope building competition, where Marana won, again! "for excellence in materials, workmanship, innovation and usability".... Gondwana Telescopes donated two astronomical sketches done by Alexander Massey as prizes for the Astrofest raffle draw. We would like to congratulate the two prize drawers for their selection of these sketches. Gondwana Telescopes would like to thank the organisers of Astrofest for their hospitality, and the opportunity to promote our products.
22.01.2022 Marana wins again! At the recent Queensland Astrofest, our Marana telescope won in the telescope building competition for best dobsonian telescope! Marana was awarded its prize for materials, workmanship, innovation and useability. This capped off a busy time for Gondwana Telescopes in Queensland. ... http://gondwanatelescopes.com/news-and-events
16.01.2022 APOD: NGC 4651: The Umbrella Galaxy (2014 Jul 02) Image Credit & Copyright: R. Jay Gabany (Blackbird Observatories) Collaboration: C. Foster (Australian Astron...omical Obs.), H. Lux (U. Nottingham, Oxford), A. Romanowsky (San Jose State, UCO), D. Martnez-Delgado (Heidelberg), et al. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140702.html Explanation: Spiral galaxy NGC 4651 is a mere 62 million light-years distant, toward the well-groomed northern constellation Coma Berenices. About the size of our Milky Way, this island universe is seen to have a faint umbrella-shaped structure that seems to extend (left) some 100 thousand light-years beyond the bright galactic disk. The giant cosmic umbrella is now known to be composed of tidal star streams - extensive trails of stars gravitationally stripped from a smaller satellite galaxy. The small galaxy was eventually torn apart in repeated encounters as it swept back and forth on eccentric orbits through NGC 4651. In fact, the picture insert zooms in on the smaller galaxys remnant core, identified in an extensive exploration of the system, using data from the large Subaru and Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea. Work begun by a remarkable collaboration of amateur and professional astronomers to image faint structures around bright galaxies suggests that even in nearby galaxies, tidal star streams are common markers of such galactic mergers. The result is explained by models of galaxy formation that also apply to our own Milky Way. http://www.cosmotography.com/ http://www.aao.gov.au/ http://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5511 Starship Asterisk* APOD Discussion Page http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=140702 #APOD
10.01.2022 The Pleasure and Pain of Astronomy. Hello all, There is one thing about astronomy that is most challenging - the weather!...Continue reading
10.01.2022 Queensland Astrofest, 2014 This last weekend Gondwana Telescopes attended Queenslands Astrofest. Three of Gondwanas dobsonians were taken, all packed into the one car along with camping gear packed all around, for a total round trip distance of 2150km. Two 12" Marana, and one 17.5" Karee. The Marana model was submitted into the Astrofest telescope building competition, where Marana won, again! "for excellence in materials, workmanship, innovation and usability".... Gondwana Telescopes donated two astronomical sketches done by Alexander Massey as prizes for the Astrofest raffle draw. We would like to congratulate the two prize drawers for their selection of these sketches. Gondwana Telescopes would like to thank the organisers of Astrofest for their hospitality, and the opportunity to promote our products.
07.01.2022 Today is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. Alexander Massey has revisite his sketch of this area on his blog, where he has corrected his original thoughts on the formation of some of the lunar features.. While the landing site itself is invisible to us from Earth, there are three craters close to the site that bare the names of the three astronauts who manned this mission. You will find Alexs write up about his sketch and further information on his blog site: http://alexanderastrosketching.blogspot.com.au/
07.01.2022 Though Saturday night at Katoomba did not pan out exactly how we would have wanted it too, I still enjoyed the evening sharing it with friends of the astronomical kind. The plan for the informal Saturday gathering was to do a bit of star gazing, catch up with friends, share ideas and yarn, maybe sneak in a sketch and Gondwana Telescopes was going to have a display and demonstration of the two new ultralight telescopes Marana and Karee. As always we are at the mercy of the wea...ther and the evening did not quite go to plan. The cold was somewhat bearable but it was that wind!!!... Nevertheless we had a bonfire, (I assure you it was safe and no telescopes where harmed in the process), and we were able to make the best of the situation. I would like to thank Rod from the Airfield and everyone else that braved the elements and made the night a joy.
06.01.2022 This album contains pictures of the telescopes and mounts produced by Gondwana telescopes and the travels and experiences undertaken. It also contains the astronomical sketches done by Alexander Massey.
06.01.2022 Apollo 11 landing site area. I had a chance to sketch a part of the Moon Ive been wanting to for a very long time the landing site area of Apollo 11. While the site itself is invisible to us here on Earth, there are three craters close to the site that are significant to the site. These three craters are the ones named after the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins. This particular area of the Moon sensational! The shallow angle that the Suns light is... illuminating the field reveals dozens of ancient lava flows. These flows are reveal themselves with the shadow of their leading edge. There is also a rile to the north. Riles are typically as a result of shrinkage of the lava flows. Rile Hypatia is a very ancient valley. It was formed while the Moon still had lava flowing freely. Evidence for this is the flooded valley floor. The surface lava field fractured due to cooling and subsurface lava pressure. The freshly opened gash filled with lava from underneath. The craters Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins are very recent impacts compared to the surrounding lava field. These three craters are challenging to spot being so small. The smallest is Collins with a diameter of 3km, Aldrin at 4 and Armstrong at close to 5km. Due to their size, they are visible only for a short time when the angle of the incident sunlight is shallow enough to make their shadows prominent enough. Collins is the most challenging to see, and requires a combination of good and stable atmospheric conditions and a minimum aperture of 8 to spot it. This sketch was a joy to lay down. Mare Tranquillitatis lava fields are full of an intricate filigree network of lava flows. The lunarscape is also pockmarked with dozens upon dozens of tiny craters, three of which are named after three most important explorers. Object: Apollo 11 landing site area Scope: C8, 8 SCT Gear: 8mm LVW, 250X & 5mm Hyperion, 400X Date: 3rd July, 2014 Location: Sydney, Australia Media: White and grey soft pastel, charcoal & white ink on A5 size black paper. Duration: 2hrs. You will find a labeled sketch detailing the various features on the link below: http://alexanderastrosketching.blogspot.com.au/
03.01.2022 Marana ultralight telescope win on Innovation, Design & Craftmanship. http://gondwanatelescopes.com/news-and-events
