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Welcome to the official homepage of the Astronomical Society of Western Australia (Inc.)

ASWA's banner at Whiteman Park

Some recent additions to this website.

The ASWA Diary has been updated for 2010

The Sky Tonight updated for February and March 2010.

Read about ASWA Junior (now Senior) Member gaining scholarship to study gamma ray bursts at Mt Stromlo.
Modified August 1st 2006.
Gemma has accepted a Ph.D scholarship from University of Sydney for 2006. Read details.

55th Anniversary Celebrations
Article and photos of Life Members' Luncheon and the Annual Dinner. added August 4th 2005.

Vale - John Perdrix
Obituary added on September 20th 2005.

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National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers (NACCA) will be held in Canberra at Easter this year. It promises to be an excellent Convention, with visits to Mt Stromlo and Tidbinbilla tracking station. For more information, visit the NACCA web site..

Contact ASWA
Phone 08 9364 9603.
email - aswa@aswa.info

UPCOMING EVENTS

The following events are for ASWA Members and those who may wish to become members. Country, Interstate and Overseas visitors with a strong interest in Astronomy are also welcome.

For further information on any of the following see Diary for contact details.

The ASWA Diary has been updated for 2010 as of 20th January.

Monday 8th February 2010 - Como
7:00 pm Astronomy Class.
8:00 pm Ordinary Meeting.
The guest speaker will be Dr Kellie Pendoley with the subject being "Light at Night".

Saturday 13th February 2010 - Bakers Hill
Deep Sky viewing.

Monday 22nd February 2010 - Como
7:00 pm Club Night

Monday 8th March 2010 - Como
7:00 pm Astronomy Class.
8:00 pm Ordinary Meeting.
The guest speaker will be Ray Palmer with the subject being "Cosmotography".

Friday and Saturday nights - 12th & 13th March 2010
Astro Camp at Dryandra, combined with the Deep Sky Night.

Monday 22nd March 2010 - Como
7:00 pm Club Night

Monday 12th April 2010 - Como
7:00 pm Astronomy Class.
8:00 pm Ordinary Meeting.
The guest speaker will be Ron Hille on the subject “How Clouds are Formed”.

Monday 10th May 2010- Como
7:00 pm Astronomy Class.
8:00 pm Ordinary Meeting.
The guest speaker will be Dr David Nicolson, with an illustrated talk on his visit to "The Kennedy Space Centre & the Smithsonian in Washington”

Check out the web sites of ASWA Members

See the ASTRONOMY PICTURE of THE DAY.

See the Seven Day Weather Forecast or the Radar Image for Perth.

For Phases of the Moon from 1700 to 2035, visit the U.S. Naval Observatory

Check out the Perth Observatory night sky camera. It takes a series of short exposures about every 10 minutes and posts these wide field images of the night sky to the web.

Last year (2009) was the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
Various web site links are as follows: -

IYA2009

365 Days of Astronomy

Listen to the excellent podcast by ASWA Immediate Past President, Chris Marr, and read the transcript for 1st December 2009 at 365 Days of Astronomy.
A previous podcast and transcript by Chris on 29th March 2009 can also be found at 365 Days of Astronomy.

ASWA holds its Lunar Section nights at Whiteman Park. The Park is a great place to visit for all sorts of activities. See the Whiteman Park website for more details.

Click for Perth, Western Australia Forecast

This page was last updated on 2 February, 2010 .

ASWA wishes to acknowledge the many hours of work by various people including Ian Bacon, students from Edith Cowan University, Ray Upston, Bevan Harris and Louise Frick in setting up and maintaining an ASWA website in its various formats over the years.

The format and content for the current Website was solely devised and developed by Bevan Harris and is now maintained by webmaster Melody Designs. Constructive criticism concerning these pages is welcome.