November 2018

Dr. Luke Barnes (Western Sydney University)

How did the Universe make Order from Chaos?

October 2018

Dr Mireia Montes Quiles (University of New South Wales)

The ghost light that illuminates clusters of galaxies

September 2018

Phil Knight (WSAAG)

Astronomy 2018 (Quasar Publishing). Astronomy Trivia Quiz.

August 2018

Tony Barry (WSAAG)

Occultation Report

July 2018

Amy Shira Teitel (Space Historian)

The Not-Quite-Right Stuff

June 2018

Peter Nosworthy (WSAAG)

Using Remote Observatories

May 2018

Dr Nick Tothill (Western Sydney University)

The Cherenkov Telescope Array - observing the highest-energy gamma-rays from the Universe

April 2018

Prof. Fred Watson AM (Australian Astronomical Observatory)

Science vs Fake News

March 2018

Dr Christene Lynch (University of Sydney)

Extreme space weather and the habitability of extrasolar planets

February 2018

Professor Ray Norris (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science and Western Sydney University)

Did the Seven Sisters come out of Africa?

November 2017

Professor Geraint Lewis (Sydney Institute for Astronomy - University of Sydney)

Cannibal Giants and Mighty Dwarfs: the story of how we got here

October 2017

Ted Dobosz (WSAAG)

Total Solar Eclipse - Casper USA

September 2017

Rob Horvat (WSAAG)

Sourcing Astro Data

August 2017

Bob Evans (WSAAG)

Supernova research, past and present

July 2017

David Lloyd-Jones (WSAAG)

Polar Alignment - A New Approach

June 2017

Dr Stuart Ryder (Australian Astronomical Observatory)

A Night on SOFIA

May 2017

Dr Emil Lenc (University of Sydney)

Journey to the Edge of the Universe - 3 Years of Research with the MWA

April 2017

Dr Luke Barnes (Sydney Institute for Astronomy - University of Sydney)

The Cosmic Cheat Sheet: Become an astrophysicist in 30 minutes!

March 2017

Alan Plummer (WSAAG)

Amateur Astronomy Pays Well

February 2017

Dr Jordan Collier (Western Sydney University)

Infrared-Faint Radio Sources: a new population of high-redshift radio galaxies

November 2016

Prof. Fred Watson AM (Australian Astronomical Observatory)

Moon Mysteries - A Celebration Of Our Nearest Celestial Neighbour

October 2016

Professor Geraint Lewis (Sydney Institute for Astronomy - USYD)

Is The Universe Fine-tuned For Life?

September 2016

Dr Elaina Hyde - Australian Astronomical Observatory

A Journey Through The Sagittarius Stream

August 2016

Dr Lee Spitler (Macquarie University)

A Night In The Life Of An Astronomer

July 2016

Dr Jonathan (Jonty) Marshall (UNSW)

Linking Planets and Dust in Planetary Systems

June 2016

Dave Gault, Tony Barry, and Hristov Pavlov (WSAAG)

Pluto Occultation and the Lucky Star Program

May 2016

Ted Dobosz (WSAAG)

Image Processing in Astrophotography

April 2016

Professor Ray Norris (CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science)

Planning For Unexpected Discoveries With EMU

March 2016

Dr Richard McDermid (Macquarie University)

What’s the Matter with Massive Galaxies?

February 2016

Hristo Pavlov (WSAAG)

Spectroscopy for Amateur Astronomers

November 2015

Rob Horvat (WSAAG)

Milky Way Globular Clusters

October 2015

Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith (CSIRO)

Square Kilometre Array

September 2015

Raelene Sommer (Western Sydney University & WSAAG)

Space Junk

August 2015

Professor Geraint Lewis (Sydney Institute for Astronomy - University of Sydney)

Einstein: Space-Time, Black Holes and Expanding Universes

July 2015

Dr Dennis Stello (Sydney Institute for Astronomy - University of Sydney)

Updates from the NASA Kepler Mission

June 2015

Rob Horvat (WSAAG)

Observing the Night Sky

June 2015

Tony Barry (WSAAG)

Video Astronomy and Deep-Sky Imaging

May 2015

Dr Nick Tothill (University of Western Sydney)

Antarctic Astronomy

April 2015

Gerry Aarts (WSAAG)

Astrophotography Explained

March 2015

Alan Plummer – Project Leader, Variable Stars South (VSS)

Working With What We Have - Astronomy Under Sydney's Skies

February 2015

Dave Gault (WSAAG)

Mutual Phenomena of the Satellites of Jupiter

November 2014

Professor Miroslav Filipovic - University of Western Sydney

Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds

October 2014

Dr Emil Lenc - University of Sydney

Leading a revolution in radio astronomy - ASKAP and the MWA

September 2014

No Speaker

Meeting Held as a Special Observing Night at Linden due to Unavailability of Meeting Venue

August 2014

Professor Fred Watson AM - Australian Astronomical Observatory

Good Morning Starshine

July 2014 (B)

Ted Dobosz – WSAAG

Camera Selection For Astrophotography

July 2014 (A)

Tony Barry and Dave Gault – WSAAG 

Amateur Contributions In Astronomy

June 2014

Dr Ettore Carretti - CSIRO

Giant "geysers" from the centre of the Milky Way

May 2014

Dr Caroline Foster - Australian Astronomical Observatory

Probing Faint Stellar Structures Using Bright Astronomical Tracers

April 2014

Professor Michael Burton - University of New South Wales

The Life Cycle of the Interstellar Medium

March 2014

Bob Paton - WSAAG

Solar Imaging

February 2014

Dr Nicholas Bate - Sydney Institute for Astronomy - University of Sydney

Galactic Cannibalism in the Local Group