Star Party or Astronomy Club in Sydney

[albertwt]

Hi Everyone,

I just moved to Sydney and wondering if there is star party or astronomy club that I can join together ?

[Riley86]

Hi mate, where abouts in Sydney are you living? Theres a lot of clubs near by there ASNSW, North Sydney Astronmy club etc Just google them. Im sorta new to astronomy and sydney myself and wouldnt mind having someone to go observing with, safety in numbers lol. Sick of hanging out in dingy ovals by myself having random people rocking up in hotted up sports cars looking menacing. Drop me a msg if your keen to meet up, i live in Kirribilli. Looking at going to Crago Observatory star party (23rdApril) its 1hr 20mins away from the light polluted skies but weather is looking dodgey this w.e

Anyways welcome to sydney where its always cloudy and the skies arent so dark!
Adam

[iceman]

There's heaps around Sydney.

Here's a list of most of them:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/clublistings.html#NSW

As for star parties, you just missed SPSP, but IISAC2011 is coming up in late October :)

[albertwt]

Hi Riley86,

I live in West Ryde, 35 minutes from the city CBD area, previously I live in Wollongong and yes, you are right I also keen to join the astronomy club here in Sydney so that I can understand more about the how telescope works and sort.

for this upcoming long weekend I'm going to central coast so I missed the Crago Observatory star party (23rdApril) (-_-)" doh...

[albertwt]

ah... thanks Iceman, I'll have a look through the list.

Cheers,

Albert

[mr bruess]

I gotta join an astronomy club

[Riley86]

I believe the North Sydney Astro Club are having a star party at North Turramurra golf course 29th April, although its close to the city i hear they get a good turn out and will be looking at going if weather is good. its onlly 30-40mins away from CBD

[albertwt]

hm.. that does sounds interesting, I'll look around for the details of that event.

[GeoffW1]

Hi Albert,

IIS really is a virtual astro club.

Keep a lookout here for posts by Alex - Mental4Astro. He regularly posts news of an astro get-together at Randwick, or at Katoomba airfield (eg 30th of this month), in the Blue Mountains.

I think he is shaping as a real threat to the supremacy of IIS :lol::lol::lol:

They are really good gatherings where you would not even need your own personal scope, no problem.

Alex is currently sorting a few issues with legal liabilities (if any) but when that is all collimated I think it will be full steam ahead. :thumbsup:

Cheers

[albertwt]

Cool, that'll be very great, I will certainly looking forward to join that event before I get my own telescope.

thanks for letting us know here.

[GeoffW1]

Hi,

Our great pleasure. Note I got the venue wrong for 30 April, it's Katoomba.

Cheers

[albertwt]

oh.. that's very far away from Sydney (-_-)" I must commute by train and probably catch Taxi to get the rendezvous point.

[GeoffW1]

Hi Albert,

Where are you living in Sydney?

Cheers

[albertwt]

I live in West Ryde area Geoff.

[tlgerdes]

Hi Albert,

The ASNSW meet at the Epping Creative Arts Centre, just up the road from you. You can find meeting details on www.asnsw.com (http://www.asnsw.com).

We have two viewing sites, Crago (Bowen Mountain) just west of Richmond about an 1hr drive from Sydney and Wiruna (Ilford) which is 3hrs North West of Sydney on the other side of the mountains.

Both sites are well patronised by members each month, again you can find more details on our website.

BTW dont listen to Adam (Riley86) the weather at Crago is very different to Sydney, last month it was raining in Sydney and clear skies there.

[Riley86]

Lol hey just saying, im sure it will be good, but it is NSW and im from W.A, lets just say NSW doesnt give me much faith in the weather!

Im thinking of coming to Crago on the 23rd i believe the next viewing night is?

[GeoffW1]

:rofl:We get no cyclones here :lol::thumbsup:

[tlgerdes]

There was supposed to be little smiley and laughy faces after my comment, but was running out of the house and didnt notice till I got home. So here they are :P:lol::D:rofl:;):)

Yes, the next viewing is this Friday and Saturday nights. Email or ring Ian Parr to confirm things are on as he is the site manager.

Wiruna is the weekend after.

[noswonky]

I'm the usual organiser of the North Turramurra observing nights with the Northern Sydney Astonomical Society.

Yes indeed our next session will be April 29th, and then a week later on may 6th. Visitors are very welcome. Details here:
http://nsas.org.au/observing/

PM me if you need more info or use our contact page and I'll get your message:
http://nsas.org.au/contact/

Noswonky