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CAS_ORG_NZ

@canterburyastro

Canterbury Astronomical Society, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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linkhttp://www.cas.org.nz calendar_today17-03-2016 12:35:05

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lightforge.co.nz/rendezvous-wit… A great blog post about our friends at SOFIA - don't worry they will be back in Christchurch soon :) lightforge.co.nz/rendezvous-wit…

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Members’ unavailability plus weather risk mean that we’ve cancelled tree destruction for today. More next weekend. We have three of the original seven trees left to fell. We asked for a quote to remove cypress... facebook.com/37096294968472…

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One of our CAS favourite targets up close as imaged by the spacecraft Juno - amazing looking atmosphere - must be some crazy weather and we get worried by a little old cyclone :) facebook.com/CanterburyAstr…

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For those of you who attended the Staveley Star Party, you would have seen a small group of guys with lots of funky imaging cameras down the far end of the field dodging the laser pointers! This... facebook.com/CanterburyAstr…

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All the offending trees at our observatory are down. Many thanks to all who helped. We have some cleanup to do, and then some planting 🙂.

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Just 4 weeks to go to our first open nights of the winter season. I know its gone all too fast but we are excited about this winter. Did you know that this... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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Have you bought your tickets yet? It's just T minus 3 weeks and counting to our first public open night and things are gearing up for our winter season. We... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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youtube.com/watch?time_con… Want your own WOW moment? - open nights start on 12 April at CAS. Come and join us for an evening under the stars. Take a look at planets and the moon... youtube.com/watch?time_con…

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Just a week till summer time ends - I know its gone so quickly but that means just 2 weeks till the first of our winter public open nights! We still have some... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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Beresheet Orbits Moon Google Lunar X-Prize contender Beresheet is now in Lunar orbit preparing for a landing on the Moon on 11th of April. While the Google Lunar X-Prize is now passed the deadline... forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topi…

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I don't want to get too excited as this is the weather we are talking about!!! But..... Friday's public open night looks like it just might be a good... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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Last few tickets remaining for tomorrow nights open night - grab them quick! Weather still looking ok - shhhh! don't talk too loudly! Rob and I will be on... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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While the cloud tried to spoilt things on Friday we all had a great night and a pleasure to see you all there. Our next event is this coming Friday (3 May)... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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What a ripper of a day!!! Did you get to see the skies last night? If not you missed the best views in many months - stunning views in that post southerly... eventbrite.com/e/astroblast-c…

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Observing the night sky: A beginner's guide A course offered through community education, starts next week. papanui.school.nz/com-ed/categor… papanui.school.nz/com-ed/categor…