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The December 2015 The Volume 124 No. 12 December 2015 Bullen Monthly newsleer of the Astronomical Society of South Australia Inc Consider nominating for a Council position at the AGM this month! In this issue: The astronomical adventures of Barite Rock More observing pads at Stockport Observatory Amazing flare from a black hole in a distant galaxy NGC 1721 galaxy group in Eridanus Registered by Australia Post Visit us on the web: Bullen of the ASSA Inc 1 December 2015 Print Post Approved PP 100000605 www.assa.org.au In this issue: ASSA Acvies 3‐4 Details of general meengs, viewing nights etc The astronomical adventures of Barite Rock 5‐7 ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY of The story as told to Fraser Farrell SOUTH AUSTRALIA Inc Naonal Australian Convenon of Amateur 7 GPO Box 199, Adelaide SA 5001 Astronomers To be held in Sydney, Easter 2016 The Society (ASSA) can be contacted by post to the address above, or by e‐mail to [email protected]. Stockport Observatory site works 8 Membership of the Society is open to all, with the only Addional observing pads and a new dome prerequisite being an interest in Astronomy. Astro News 9 Membership fees are: Latest astronomical discoveries and reports Full Member $75 The Sky this month 10‐14 Concessional Member $60 Solar System, Comets, Variable Stars, Deep Sky Subscribe e‐Bullen only; discount $20 ASSA Contact Informaon 15 Concession informaon and membership brochures can be obtained from the ASSA web site at: hp://www.assa.org.au Members’ Image Gallery 16 or by contacng The Secretary (see contacts page). A gallery of members’ astrophotos Member Submissions Sister Society relaonships with: Submissions for inclusion in The Bullen are welcome from all members; submissions may be held over for later edions. Orange County Astronomers www.ocastronomers.org Wherever possible, text submissions should be sent via e‐ mail or posted on CD‐ROM in almost any word processing Colorado Springs Astronomical Society format and may sll be submied handwrien or typed. www.csastro.org Your name may be withheld only if requested at the me of subming. Images should be high resoluon and Central Arkansas Astronomical Society uncompressed, e.g. TIFF file formats, although high www.caasastro.org resoluon JPEGs are acceptable. Your full name and object designaon must be provided with each image and will be published. Equipment/exposure etc details are welcome but oponal. HAVE YOU GOT YOUR COPY YET? Adversing & Classifieds Small adverts and classifieds are free for members (space Available at the perming). Commercial adversing is available at a cost of $50.00 per quarter page per issue. General Meengs, or by mail order All enquiries and submissions should be addressed to The Editor and preferably sent by e‐mail to: $25 + $4 p&h [email protected] For large files (e.g. on CD) or Email: hardcopy items, post to: [email protected] Joe Grida Editor, The Bullen PO Box 682, Cover photo: NGC253, edge‐on galaxy in Sculptor, imaged by Mylor SA 5153 Paul Haese, at Clayton Bay, SA. Telescope: GSO RC12 Ritchey‐Creen. Camera: SBIG STXL11002 CCD. Guiding – Contribuons should reach the Editor no later than AOX. Soware ‐ MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot the 7th of each month, for publicaon in the following 5. LRGB 15 hours. Darks, flats and biases applied. Processed in month’s issue of The Bullen CCD stack and Photoshop CS6 Bullen of the ASSA Inc 2 December 2015 Acvies December 2015 ‐ the month at a glance Annual General Meeng Wednesday, 2 December, 2015 @ 8:00pm Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre 2nd Floor, Physics Blg University of Adelaide Astronomical Anniversaries 2015 North Terrace, Adelaide What do Saturn’s massive and wonderful Titan, the Leviathan of Parsonstown, the first Brish Astronomer Royal, the red dwarf formerly known as Inne’s Star, and the Hayabusa at Itokawa have in common? Guest Speaker: Yes, they are among the many things and people commemorang Steven Raine “skymark” decadal anniversaries this year. Come along as Stevo Raine will discuss these and more showing how we’ve progressed and learnt Astronomical Society of SA through the ages and through some remarkable work by some fascinang people. (See speaker bio on page 4) What will you do for your society in 2016? Nominate or have somone nominate you for a Council posion Planning on going December 2015 Calendar observing? Day Time Acvity Wed 2 8:00pm Annual General Meeng Save yourself unnecessary travel and me. If Thu 3 7:30pm Members’ Meeng, Whyalla the weather looks doubul where you are, Sat 12 8:00pm Members’ Viewing Night – Stockport check with the following people to see if the Sat 12 8.00pm Member’s Viewing Night ‐ Riverland event is sll on (or see www.assa.org.au aer Sat 12 8:00pm Members’ Viewing Night – Tooperang 5pm). Fri 18 8:00pm Public & Members’ Viewing – NYP Stockport Observatory (DO 3‐13) Fri 18 8:00pm Public Viewing Night – The Heights Sat 19 8:00pm Members’ Viewing Night – Stockport Observatory 8528 2284 Wed 16 7:30pm ASSA Council Meeng Lyn Grida 8391 5377 Tony Beresford 8338 1231 Note: Times shown above and throughout this document are: 5 Oct 2014 to 5 Apr 2015 : South Australia Summer Time (UTC+10:30) Heights Observatory (DO 3‐34) 6 Apr 2015 to 3 Oct 2015 : South Australia Standard Time (UTC+ 9:30) Robert Bronca 8266 7504 4 Oct 2015 to 3 Apr 2016 : South Australia Summer Time (UTC+10:30) Whyalla Peter Mayfield 0408 410 895 Astronomy Educaon ‐ Beginners’ Talks Tooperang Wednesday, 2 December , 2015 @ 7:00pm Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre Jeff Lowrey 0429 690 610 Northern Yorke Peninsula Astrophysics Tony Henderson 0429 352 382 You don't need a degree in Astrophysics to aend this one. Find out how the planets stay in orbit Riverland around the Sun. Discover the mysteries of General Tim Vivian 0407 800 225 Relavity and the inner workings of the Universe. Bullen of the ASSA Inc 3 December 2015 Reports and Noces Reports on recent ASSA acvies, and noces of upcoming events Have you got your Guest Speaker Biography Naonal Police Steven Raine Check? New legislaon applies from 11 April 2015 Impacts on all ASSA members who volunteer at ASSA sanconed public events i.e. public viewing nights, school visits, Naonal Science Week, private booked nights From the 11th April 2015, all members who aend ASSA Inspired by the 1989 ‘Voyager‐II’ fly past of Neptune, sanconed public events MUST have a current NPC Steven “Stevo” Raine has been an ASSA and Supernovas clearance cerficate, or equivalent clearance leer from member since 1992. their employer, and MUST have provided ASSA with these details. He has wrien for 'Sky & Space' magazine, having three items published there and also writes Science Ficon, a Non‐compliance is a $10,000 fine to ASSA. lile of which has been published, as well as being a contestant on the ABC‐TV quiz show ''The Einstein Factor’ in Full details available here: 2009. hps://www.assa.org.au/media/58017/Police‐Checks‐ Steven is owned by a cat called 'Zosma' aer the star Delta Process‐for‐Applicants‐ASSA‐version.pdf Leonis and a Jack Russell‐cross‐Fox terrier named (but not by him) Harry. Remembering…. would always have some interesng news or conversaons about many things. Earle Laurence And did you know that Earle became involved with the A long‐standing and much revered group of members who conducted the live radio broadcasts member, Earle Laurence passed of "Eye in the Sky" on a weekly basis from the 5PBA away a couple of months ago. Did FM studio at Salisbury. He was an on‐air regular unl the you know........... program ceased. Earle was one of those quiet " I'll And did you know that Earle conducted regular lunch me just get on and do it " type of members. Earle was the solar observing sessions and training for students at The Beginner's Councillor for quite a few years, and people may Heights school observatory for several years. He was also a recall his unique pronunciaon of certain astronomical regular presenter at Probus and other similar clubs at objects. I especially liked his referral to Saturn, or as Earle Burnside and other regions. would say ... Sa ‐ turn. Earle helped out at public nights and working bees. He But did you know Earle was also a member of several sub would oen be dressed in shorts ‐ regardless of the weather commiees in the Society, and offered his home as a ‐ (yes Fraser, you aren't the only one), and rather than drive meeng place for members on a number of occasions. He back to Adelaide from Stockport, he would set up a had a lovely home in the leafy eastern suburbs, and always minimalist camp in the Stockport caravan park made you feel very welcome. overnight. Earle was used to camping from the many mes he was in the Flinders Ranges. For a while, the Council of ASSA used to meet and hold their monthly meengs at the Hackney Hotel (before they I'm sure many members will have their own fond memories converted their meeng rooms to pokey rooms), and Earle, and anecdotes about Earle. I know I do. myself and a few others would arrive early and have a meal and friendly conversaons prior to the meengs. Earle Paul Rogers, Hon Life Member Bullen of the ASSA Inc 4 December 2015 The astronomical adventures of Barite Rock The story as told to Fraser Farrell at the August 2015 Alpana AstroCamp Last year my life was changed forever. Aer millions of years of contemplave silence I was suddenly torn from my home vein, taken out of the earth by machines, and dumped onto a pile of thousands of gliering white rocks.
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