Southland Astronomical Society, Invercargill

About Southland Astronomical Society

”The Southland Astronomical Society is a small active group of astronomers based in Invercargill The Southland Astronomical Society is the southernmost Astronomical Society in the world. We are based in Invercargill, New Zealand's southernmost city. We welcome any enquiries about membership to the society. As a member, you are welcome to attend our monthly meetings held at 7:30pm on the first Thursday of every month except for January. From February 2023 our meetings are held at Fernworth Primary School, 288 Pomona St, Invercargill. We discuss the 'goings on' in our night sky, local and worldwide. We often have slideshows and presentations about a very wide range of astronomy topics. Our members are very friendly and you will always receive a warm welcome. The Society was kindly donated an Observatory in late July 2021 we are currently working to get it operational for the 2022 viewing season. We currently use our portable 8" celestron telescope on our public viewing nights, which are every Saturdsy night 7:30pm - 9:30pm March till mid October. Private booking's can be made, please email Philip Burt for inquires. We strive to cater for everyone from small children to adults. We will share changes made in the Club rooms as we complete them and advise of when we will be opening and of times etc. The purpose of this page is for us to update you about sky events and be able to interact with all of you keen sky observors more often and efficently. Please don't hesitate to contact us via our message system or email for membership enquiries or any other questions you might have. We look forward to bringing you information and having lively discussions. Note: Our goal is to keep the page family friendly, but if you do happen to see something of concern please report it to one of our page administrators. Please be patient with us as we get this page up and running. Thank you from the Southland Astronomical Society. Page Administrators Elizabeth King - President - Joseph Roberts - Vice-President Phillip Burt - Secretary & Booking Manger info@southlandastro.org.nz Read more

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