A View Through The Eyepiece

2022 AUTUMN EDITION A View Through The Eyepiece

Welcome to the Autumn Equinox. Kaya, and welcome.

Perth Observatory Volunteer Group acknowledges we operate on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk-Noongar people.

We are heading out of the season Bunuru and heading into Djeran in this newsletter, and, if you are like me, hoping desperately for some cooler weather. These cooler nights should make for some great star viewing up on the Hill. Get ready to start bringing jumpers with you if you attend a tour, it gets cold up here fast!

As always, as the seasons change so too do the stars, read all about what you can expect to see during this time in our ‘What’s On in the Night Sky’ section. Each visit to the Observatory can present to you so many different objects to view in our sky. This is not only limited to the Night Sky Tours as our Sunday Day Tours have a new Solar program where you can see close-up images of our Sun and learn about solar activity. Make sure you come to visit on a Sunday, bring a picnic as it’s not so hot, and join us in learning more about astronomy.

If you’ve been paying attention to astronomical news, you may have heard the names, James Webb, a lot recently. Read Part One of our discussion all about the origins and launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and get ready to learn more, and hopefully see some pictures taken by the telescope, in Part Two in our June newsletter.

Just before the release of this newsletter we had our annual Summer Lecture event. This year featuring a talk by Phil Bland on Binar-1 and WA’s first space launch. These annual talks are a well-loved tradition at the Observatory, and we love sharing these talks by some amazing guests with you all. Keep an eye on our socials to see how to talk went and make sure you remember to come along next year too!

We are currently going through training our newest intake of volunteers, I look forward to getting to know all our new volunteers. Make sure you don’t miss out on joining this incredible group of space enthusiasts by applying at https:// perthobservatory.com.au/get-involved/become-a-volunteer. I hope you all have a great Autumn season and I’ll see you next issue.

POVG pay our respects to Noongar Elders past, present, and emerging.

Zoé Fraussen

Editor

The Helix Nebula

NGC 7293