A View Through The Eyepiece

Kaya and Welcome

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

As we come to the end of September and hopefully say goodbye to all the rain and clouds blocking our beautiful night sky we head into my favourite season, Kambarang. The flowers start to bloom, the trees are getting green again, and it’s not so cold driving up here early in the morning. It’s also slightly nicer weather for our night sky tours, but don’t stop bringing jumpers just yet, the cold doesn’t give up that easily.

As we celebrate the arrival of Spring, we also are celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Wallal expedition. A global collaboration aiming to test Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. Read all about why this expedition is important in an article by one of our youngest volunteers Lilia, who wrote about this event for a school assignment. Then come along to our talk about the event given by the brilliant volunteer Arthur Harvey.

This edition also looks at some of the James Webb Space Telescope images, now that some have finally been released. See why all the astronomy community has been so excited for these images and learn a little bit about how they have been taken. Keep reading to learn about the different things that are volunteers are doing here at the observatory.

There are so many brilliant volunteers here at the observatory and new projects and activities are undertaken by them regularly. We are so proud to see what our volunteers get up to, and love to see our volunteer cohort grow. If you want to get involved and join this wonderful group of ours, head to perthobservatory. com.au/volunteer to express your interest.

This newsletter will lead us up the New Year, so I hope you are yours have a very happy holidays and start 2023 off with love and happiness.

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

Zoé Fraussen

Editor

The Helix Nebula

NGC 7293