Hello all there!
I'm an "old" registered user here, but not active for many years. I joined this forum in 2010 mostly to share my long experience under the equatorial sky enjoying the southern heavens, but I'm from the northern hemisphere (Italy), so my sky is "upside-down" for you.
Well, now I could have an opportunity to visit Perth, and to stay there from december to march, if things go in the right way. I will come to do postgraduate researches as visiting student at one of Perth's university. Obviously, I couldn't miss this great occasion to explore again the southern sky.
I know it really well, at the point which for me there is almost no difference between being under a northern or under a southern sky. So, I'm looking for any club or even single or small groups of (serious, reliable, not time-waster
) peoples who love to bring a telescope under a good night sky to enjoy the summer Milky Way, from Orion to Centaur and more. Of course, I can't bring with me from Italy my dobsonian,
so I have to go with someone with his own telescope.
Basing on some fast researches on the web, I got a site belonging to a group of stargazers based in Perth, but it seems not so active, with meetings just once a month at a Bridge Club.
I know there is time before coming to Australia (I'll be there from december), but still I would like to know how to act to get involved in the local amateur astronomy environment as soon as I land there.
Thank you very much!
