About ASWA
Contacting Us
ASWA Diary
Astronomy Links
Activities
The Sky Tonight
Membership
Public Astronomy
Perth Weather
Sidereal Times
Photographs
Home

 

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

View the ASTRONOMY PICTURE of THE DAY.

ASWA's banner at Whiteman Park

Some recent additions to this website.

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

Visit the U.S. Naval Observatory for Phases of the Moon from 2000 to 2010

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

Links to Member's Web Sites
Updated on September 28th


The Sky Tonight updated for April and May 2008.

The ASWA Diary has been updated for 2008

 

 

 

______________________________________________________

ASWA is very sad to let everyone know that our beloved Val Semmler passed away on Friday night.

'Another star shines brightly above us now'

Val's funeral will be at 10.30am on Friday July 4th, at Karakatta.

______________________________________________________

 

Perth Weather - View the Seven Day Weather Forecast or the Radar Image.

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. Please ring 08 9299 6347 for further details.

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

Saturday 12th July - Whiteman Park
Sunset - Lunar viewing.

Monday 14th July - Como
7:00 pm - Astronomy Class
8:00 pm - AGM - Presidents Address -"Galaxy Collisions"

Friday 18th July - Murdoch
7:30 pm Hands On Workshop

Saturday 26th July - Bakers Hill
Sunset - Deep Sky Viewing

Monday 28th July - Como
7:00 pm - Club Night

COMET McNaught 2006 P1.
Details of it's discovery are at the Siding Springs (NSW) website. There were many spectacular views as described here.

The above photographs were taken by Stephen Duffield.
Click for More photos .

Some excellent Photographs of the Comet taken by Roger Groom.

 

Check out the web sites of
ASWA Members

Check out the Perth Observatory Sbig ST8 night sky camera. It takes a series of short exposures every 15 minutes and posts these wide field star images to the web.

National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers (NACCA) was held at Frankston (Victoria) on Friday April 14th to Monday April 17th- see NACAA 2006 Website for details and photogaphs.
NACCA 2008 will be held at Penrith Panthers Convention Centre west of Sydney March 21st to 24th. (Easter)

 

Click for Perth, Western Australia Forecast


 
   
 
These pages were last updated on 1 July, 2008 .
   
© 1998 - 2007- Astronomical Society of Western Australia (Inc.) except where noted.  

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.