Sun 29 May

Solar Section meeting - Zoom only

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Location: To be confirmed

Topic - “Recent news from solar research” and solar observation in H-alpha if weather permits.
For more information contact: Russ Cockman, Section Director
Email: solar@asv.org.au

Sun 29 May

ASV Library (Members Only)

2.00pm - 4.00pm

Location: Birdwood Ave., Melbourne

The Library is open at the following times:
+ Monthly Meeting - before 6.00 to 7.45pm and after from approx. 10:00 to 10:45pm
+ Members' Night - from 7pm to 7:50pm
+ Last Sunday of month - 2pm to 4pm

The Library is now in the old Government Astronomers’ Office which is in the north west corner of the main building at Melbourne Observatory.
There are currently a large number of books and magazines, surplus to the Library’s needs, for sale. The sale is on-going whenever the Library is open.

For further information contact Barry Cleland, 0418 356 832

Tue 31 May

ASV Committee Meeting

8.00pm - 9.15pm

Wed 1 June

Cosmology and Astro-Physics Section Meeting (Zoom)

8.00pm - 10.30pm

Discuss current news in Cosmology and Astro-Physics


The Main Topic for discussion is:  
“Sagittarius A* – The Black Hole in the centre of the Milky Way”
 
Location: Zoom Only
“All Welcome – Bring an Open Mind”
Note: ASV members only

Contact: Ross Berner, Section Director
Mobile: 0403 167 004
Email:  cosmology@asv.org.au 

Thu 2 June

Space Exploration Section Meeting

8.00pm - 10.00pm

Location: online Zoom
For more information, contact Section Director: Rob Arrowsmith
Email: space@asv.org.au

Fri 3 June

Club Section

8.00pm - 11.00pm

Club Section is the perfect place to meet other ASV members, share your passion and learn about the basics of astronomy in an informal setting. Ideal for new members and long term members and a great way to meet others. Should skies be clear we will open the Lodge observatory roof and use the 20" (500mm) diameter telescope, in addition to the smaller 10”(250mm) diameter Dobsonian telescope to view the heavens.

Meetings are held at the ASV Lodge on the first and last Friday of the month between 8:00pm – 11:00pm.

You are welcome to drop in for as short or as long a visit as you like, during these hours.

Sat 4 June - Sun 5 June

Lake Tyrell Nightscape Photography Session (Members only)

2.00pm Sat 4-Jun - 5.30am Sun 5-Jun

Location: Royal Hotel Sea Lake, 74 Best St, Sea Lake VIC 3533, Australia

When: Saturday 4 June from 2pm (Experienced & Beginner Walkers - Grade 3)

Where: Meet at 2pm at Royal Hotel, Sea Lake to meet one another and prepare for departure at 4pm

74 Best Street, Sea Lake, VIC, 3533

From here, we will organise carpooling and travel out to Lake Tyrell and other locations together in small groups.

Mon 6 June

Computing Section

8.00pm - 10.00pm

For further information contact Section Director: Leigh Green

Tue 7 June

ASV Committee meeting

8.00pm - 10.00pm

Wed 8 June

Library (Members Only)

6.30pm - 7.45pm

Location: Birdwood Ave, Melbourne

The Library is open at the following times:
+ Monthly Meeting - before 6.30 to 7.45pm and after from approx. 10:00 to 10:45pm
+ Members' Night - from 7pm to 7:50pm
+ Last Sunday of month - 2pm to 4pm

The Library is now in the old Government Astronomers’ Office which is in the north west corner of the main building at Melbourne Observatory.

There are currently a large number of books and magazines, surplus to the Library’s needs, for sale. The sale is on-going whenever the Library is open.

For further information contact Barry Cleland, 0418 356 832

Wed 8 June

ASV Monthly Meeting

8.00pm - 10.00pm

Location: Mueller Auditorium, National Herbarium, Birdwood Ave., Melbourne

Speaker: Prof Alan Duffy
Title: “Darkness Visible Down Under” 
Decades of research have led astronomers to a staggering conclusion, that there exists a new, invisible type of mass that outweighs everything we can see five times over. I will explain how we know so much about the properties of a particle we have yet to discover, and how Australia is playing a leading role in uncovering the nature of this mysterious dark matter with SABRE, the world’s first dark matter detector at Victoria’s Stawell gold mine.”Bio:Astronomer Professor Duffy simulates model universes on supercomputers to understand how galaxies like our Milky Way form within vast clouds of dark matter. He is trying to find this dark matter as the Swinburne Node Leader in the new national ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics and a Chief Investigator of SABRE, the world’s first dark matter detector in the Southern Hemisphere, to be deployed at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory. When not simulating universes he tries to explain the science of this one to the general public in regular segments on ABC and Ten’s The Project as the Lead Scientist of the Royal Institution of Australia. Most recently has been appointed the inaugural Director of the Space Technology and Industry Institute at Swinburne, finding ways to use space to help companies and communities here on Earth.


Join us at Mueller Hall, Birdwood Ave, Melbourne or online via Facebook or YouTube as we delve deep into this topic 

Fri 10 June

Junior Section

7.30pm - 9.30pm

Location: ASV Lodge

Meeting times:-
7:00pm - 9:00pm (EST)
7:30pm - 9:30pm (DST)

For further information contact Section Director: Chris Rudge

Wed 15 June

New Astronomers Group (NAG)

7.30pm - 10.30pm

Topic:

Location: ASV Lodge
For more information, contact Section Director: Ken Le Marquand: 
E:nag@asv.org.au

Thu 16 June

Bendigo Section

7.30pm - 10.00pm

Bendigo District Astronomical Section (BDAS)
For more information, contact Section Director, Noel Harvie E: bendigo@asv.org.au