Star Party – CANCELLED – STATE OF EMERGENCY
Wai-iti Reserve Wai-iti Reserve, Wai-iti, New ZealandUnfortunately the rain over the last few days has forced a cancellation of tonights star party
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Scorpius Arising Star Party (Suggested Koha is $5.00 pp or $ 10.00 for families and groups)
Wai-iti Reserve Wai-iti Reserve, Wai-iti, New ZealandOur next Dark Sky Park event will be held on Saturday 26th July. Scorpius, the constellation will be rising in the East over the hill at sunset. So “Scorpius Arising” is the name for this event. Should the weather be poor we will defer to the following Saturday night, 2nd August. Please RSVP for the […]
FreeThe Global Meteor Network
Milton Room, Cawthron Institute 164 Milton Street, The Wood, NelsonThe 7th of August meeting of Nelson Astronomical Society (NAS) will be held at the Milton Room, Cawthron Institute, Milton Street and include a talk by NAS co-chair Hamish Barker on the subject of the global meteor network. The Global meteor network (GMN) consists of a worldwide network of 1920 cameras monitoring the night sky […]
FreeSagittarius Rising
Wai-iti Reserve Wai-iti Reserve, Wai-iti, New ZealandAugust Saturday 23rd will be our next Dark Sky Park event. Last month we celebrated Scorpius, it is followed by Sagittarius, “Sagittarius Rising” is a fitting name for the night as the constellation will be rising in the East over the hill at sunset. The tea pot shaped constellation almost hangs, by the […]
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Rescheduled – Vacuums Don’t Suck: How Our Planet Doesn’t Lose Atmosphere to Space – Presented by Jeremy Taylor
Milton Room, Cawthron Institute 164 Milton Street, The Wood, NelsonThere's a line Flat Earthers use when criticising our basic understandings about our world that seems to win people to their way of thinking: "if space is a vacuum, why doesn't it suck all our atmosphere into space?" This gets people imagining the need for some sort of crystal dome to hold our atmosphere in. […]
FreeStar Party
Wai-iti Reserve Wai-iti Reserve, Wai-iti, New ZealandOur next event at the Wai-iti International Dark Sky Park is Saturn Rising on the 27th September. The focus will be on planets and the moon. Mars will be setting in the west. Saturn will be rising in the north East, and the 5 day old moon will be in Scorpio. The moon may make […]
Charles Gifford = Forgotten Kiwi Scientist – Presented by Robert Rea
Milton Room, Cawthron Institute 164 Milton Street, The Wood, NelsonBy studying World War I battlefields, Charles Gifford who was a teacher at Wellington College developed the theory that lunar craters were formed by impacts. At the conclusion of the war the favoured theory was the lunar craters were volcanic. Gifford used mathematics to explain how meteors gave rise to craters.
FreeEnd of Year Star Party
Wai-iti Reserve Wai-iti Reserve, Wai-iti, New Zealand"The Final Club Dark Sky Park night gathering at the Wai-iti Dark Sky Park for 2025 will take place as an end of year celebration. (at 437/439 Wakefield- Kohatu highway, Wai Iti, south of Wakefield). Date is Friday 21st November 2025. Postponement night Sat 22nd if the weather is poor on Friday, or stay two […]