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General meetings are held at the USQ on Friday nights between 7PM to 9:30PM. Dates and times may be subject to change.

(General Meet) Jan - Fri 22

(Observing) Feb - Sat 13
(General Meet) Feb - 26
Speaker: Ray Johnston will be giving a presentation on 400 years of the telescope.

(Observing) Mar - Sat 13
(General Meet) Mar - 26
Guest speaker Rob Knox will give a presentation on backyard astrophotography methods.

(Observing) Apr - Sat 17
(General Meet) Apr 30
Speaker Dr. Ian Richards will be presenting a fascinating talk on man made satellites.

(Observing) May - Sat 15
(General Meet) May - 28

(Observing) Jun - Sat 12
(General Meet) Jun - 25

(Observing) Jul  - Sat 10
(General Meet) Jul 30

(Observing) Aug - Sat 14
(General Meet) Aug - 27

(Observing) Sep - Sat 11
(General Meet) Sep - 24

(Observing) Oct  - Sat 9
(General Meet) Oct 29

(Observing) Nov - Sat 9
(General Meet) Nov - 26

(Observing) Dec - Sat 6
 

26 February  2010

General meeting at the University of Southern Queensland.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who attended. It was also great to see visitors and several new members signing up.

4th December  2009

General meeting at the University of Southern Queensland to table incorporating the group into a society. All members are welcome.

UPDATE: A motion to incorporate our group was passed by 15 attendees. President, Secretary and Treasurer have been appointed for the purposes of the application. Thanks to everyone who attended.

17th and 18th October  2009

This weekend features talks from Graham Cole on the use of Stellarium planetarium software and guest speaker Dr. Jack Giles on his journey into amateur astronomy, the equipment and pitfalls to avoid.

UPDATE: Thank you to all group members who attended both the talks at the USQ on Friday night and the observing session at Urraween on Saturday night. Graham gave an excellent presentation on the large projector at the Uni showing the excellent graphics and simplicity of use of the Stellarium planetarium software. Thanks also to Dr. Giles for sharing his personal insights and journey into amateur astronomy. In an amusing, informative and entertaining approach outlining his  journey into amateur astronomy, Jack relayed the pitfalls to avoid, the software and hardware that works well for both observing and astrophotography.

19th September 2009

This weekend to be held at member Zanne's property in Sunshine Acres. A great dark sky site fairly well situated away from obtrusive lights of Hervey Bay central.

UPDATE: Thank you to all group members who attended this observing night. A little disappointing that not everyone who'd intended coming managed to turn up however we welcome newest Maryborough member Ashley who made the trip and found us no problem. Gary Gibson managed to get some Jupiter imaging on his laptop while the rest of us panned our magnificent southern night skies with Newtonians and Schmidt-Cass telescopes. Thank you Zanne and Peter for being great hosts. More in the next newsletter...

21st and 22nd August 2009

This weekend the University of Southern Queensland on Old Maryborough Road in Hervey Bay there will be a public outreach night in conjunction with the USQ & Hervey Bay Astronomy Group. All members are encouraged to attend with their telescopes. Please see here for further details.

UPDATE: Thank you to all group members who helped out with this great public outreach weekend. It was great to see so many of the public showing an interest in our great night skies here in Hervey Bay. Special thanks also to Brian Welham for making available his Hydrogen Alpha scope which provided excellent views of the solar prominences at a time when visual sunspot activity is boringly low.

24th July 2009

Sydney-based Astro-imager Darrin Nitschke will be in Hervey Bay and will be giving a presentation on galaxies. The venue will be the University of Southern Queensland on Old Maryborough Road in Hervey Bay. Individuals wishing to attend this interesting presentation, please e-mail for further details and updates.

UPDATE: Thanks to all who attended this informative session on galaxy morphology. It was a pretty good turn out. We'd also like to thank the USQ for providing top class facilities.

27th June 2009

Weather permitting we plan to have our next observing session at Urraween on Saturday night. Individuals wishing to attend this session please e-mail for further details and updates.

UPDATE: Our 2nd  observing session was a great success with 12 attending and clear skies once again. We thank sincerely Vince Legge (our Rockhampton guest) for sharing his advice and experiences with us all. We also welcome our two newest locals Peter & Phil to the group.

12th June 2009

Observing Night 7PM until whenever (weather permitting).
Interested individuals wishing to attend this session please e-mail for location.

UPDATE: Our first official observing session was a great success with a core group of six attending and clear skies. An update will be posted soon with more group pics. Of course it had to be the coldest June night for Hervey Bay on record according to the papers but that didn't stop us. Thanks to all who came along making it such an enjoyable evening.
Our next meet will be held in 2 weeks with special guest "Vinnie" a refractorholic from Rockhampton.

10th June 2009

Occultation of Pluto's moon "Nix" recording session to be held in Hervey Bay. Interested individuals wishing to attend this session please e-mail - It will be a late night session.

July 2009

Image Processing and CCD imaging session with Darrin Nitschke who will be visiting Hervey Bay in July. Date still to be firmed.
Interested individuals wishing to attend this session please e-mail for location.

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