The Nelson Astronomical Society will host a Star Party, open to the public, 9:00-10:00pm at the Wai-iti Dark Sky Park on Saturday 7th of December.
The first regular meeting of the Nelson Astronomical Society will be held on 6 March 2025, 7pm in the Milton Room, 164 Milton St, Nelson. We have a guest speaker, Andrew Buckingham, from Astronz, the telescope store owned and run by the Auckland Astronomical Society. Andrew will talk about astronomy equipment and will have a range of […]
There is a full lunar eclipse of the moon on Friday 14th March. The eclipse will already be well under way when it rises just after 7:45pm, so don't miss seeing it rise over the horizon while blood red. If you're late, you'll miss the best bit! The eclipse will continue until the moon starts […]
Robert Rea will talk on the topic of: How Massive Can Stars Be? The most massive star yet identified is R136a1 in the Tarantula Nebula and is estimated to have a mass of 200 to 300 Suns. But are there even more massive stars yet to be identified? There are theories that there may exist […]
The Nelson Astronomical Society will host an observing evening, from 7pm to 9pm, open to members and the public, at the Cawthron Atkinson Observatory, located at Clifton Terrace School. This Friday will include views of Jupiter, Mars, Moon and deep sky objects. Admission: Members free, non-members koha of $10 per person or $20 per family. […]
We will be celebrating International Dark sky week with the opening of the season viewing for 2025 at Wai-iti International Dark Sky Park on April Saturday 26th Times-7 to 10pm. We require clear skies, so check the sky and our communications pages for cancellations before you come. Please park in the river side park area […]
The Fermi Paradox is named after Enrico Fermi who, in 1950, realised that technologically advanced life should have colonized the entire Milky Way Galaxy long before humans ever evolved on earth, yet we see no evidence of life anywhere in the observable universe apart from on earth itself. This talk covers the origins of the […]
The moon will be in hiding again, so it will be another great night to chase some deep space objects with the telescopes at the Wai-iti Dark Sky Park on May Saturday 24th At the star party there will be telescopes provided by Nelson Astronomical Society members. We require clear skies, so check the sky and […]
