May Monthly NAS Meeting: Bill Rea \ Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox is named after Enrico Fermi who, in 1950, realised that technologically advanced life should[…]
Observatory night
Cancelled due to forecast cloud.
Star Party at Dark Sky Park
We will be celebrating International Dark sky week with the opening of the season viewing for 2025[…]
Observatory night
Looking good for this Friday at the observatory. 7-9pm. With no Moon it will be a time[…]
Observatory Evening
The Nelson Astronomical Society will host an observing evening, from 7pm to 9pm, open to members and[…]
April NAS Members Meeting
Robert Rea will talk on the topic of: How Massive Can Stars Be? The most massive star[…]
Full Lunar Eclipse
There is a full lunar eclipse of the moon on Friday 14th March. The eclipse will already[…]
NGC 2903 – Barred Spiral Galaxy
NGC 2903
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The first regular meeting of the Nelson Astronomical Society will be held on 6 March 2025, 7pm[…]
Jupiter Rising
The astronomical seeing from Nelson was excellent last night, so I got the planetary rig setup and[…]