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SEPTEMBER 2019 Greg Bock ~ IC5332 - face on spiral
2 SEPTEMBER 2019 Mark Boothman ~ Andromeda Galaxy
3 SEPTEMBER 2019 ~ SAS Facebook Page
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Miller, Jimmy Walker https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ ap190824.html
Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is some 15,000 light-years away. http:// www.remarkableheavens.com/ http://jwalk.smugmug.com/
4 SEPTEMBER 2019 Glenn Burgess ~ Jupiter
5 OCTOBER 2019 Tony Kim ~ Fornax barred galaxy and friends.
6 OCTOBER 2019 Mark Boothman ~ Pleiades aka Seven Sisters, Subaru.
7 OCTOBER 2019 ~ SAS FACEBOOK PAGE
Chandra X-ray Observatory
"Mystic Mountain" shows the glow of oxygen in blue, hydrogen & nitrogen in green, and sulphur in red.
8 OCTOBER 2019 ~ In the News
[ 50 years since the Murchison Meteorite landed in the Victorian countryside.
A total of 4 kilograms of Murchison meteorite sits in the Melbourne Museum collection. ABC Science: Fiona Pepper
9 OCTOBER 2019
David Bainbridge ~
Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula
10 NOVEMBER 2019 John McLennan ~ ORION NEBULA
11 NOVEMBER 2019 Ray Suckling ~ Horse Head NebulaB33, Horse Head Nebu-
12 NOVEMBER 2019 , Mark Boothman ~ Orion Nebula / Orion
13 NOVEMBER 2019 ~ SAS FACEBOOK PAGE
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe This is the clearest picture of Mars to date.
14 NOVEMBER 2019 Tony Kim ~ Horse Head Nebula
15 DECEMBER 2019 ~ Combined Societies Meeting
Pat Pearl, Peter Marples and Greg Bock (members of the BOSS team) receiving their awards for supernova discoveries from SAS President, Brendan Junge.
16 DECEMBER 2019
Mike Geisel ~
M42 the Great Nebulae in Orion
17 DECEMBER 2019 Tony Kim ~ Andromeda
18 DECEMBER 2019 ~ SAS FACEBOOK PAGE NASA Solar System Exploration Danielson Crater, an impact crater about 42 miles or 67 kilometres in diameter, located in the southwest Arabia Terra region of Mars.
19 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020 Noeleen Lowndes ~
20 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020 Mike Geisel ~ Eta Carina
21 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020
Dylan O’Donnell ~ Orion Nebula
22 JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2020 SAS FACEBOOK PAGE
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Robert's Quartet, a compact group of 4 galaxies. Huddled into a space less than 160,000 light years across, these cosmic companions interact with each other and have produced hundreds of star-forming regions .
23 MARCH 2020
Dylan O’Donnell ~ Rainbow Rosette - Caldwell 50 (Hubble Palette SHO)
24 MARCH 2020 Jenny Robinson ~ Narrabri Compact Array
25 MARCH 2020 Noeleen Lowndes ~ Waxing Gibbous Moon
26 MARCH 2020 ~ SAS FACEBOOK PAGE
Chandra X-ray Observatory
30 Doradus at Mk34, the most massive double-star system known!
Within about 2-3 million years, both stars should implode to form black holes.
If the binary survives these violent events, the black holes may eventually merge producing a burst of gravitational waves!
27 APRIL 2020 Klaus Schlussler ~ Eta Carina
28 APRIL 2020
Dale Smalley ~ Trifid Nebula
29 APRIL 2020 Greg Bock ~ NGC4945
30 APRIL 2020 Tony Kim ~ Rho Ophiuchi
31 MAY 2020
Dale Smalley ~ Tarantula Nebula
32 MAY 2020 John McLelland ~ Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
33 MAY 2020 Mike Geisel ~ Southern Milky Way
34 MAY 2020 Dylan O’Donnell ~ Vela Supernova Remnant
35 JUNE 2020 Greg Bock ~ new supernova, SN2020jfo
36 JUNE 2020 Caleb Kam ~ Leo Triplet
37 JUNE 2020 Tony Kim ~ Blue Horsehead nebula in Scorpius
38 JUNE 2020 ~ Out of the SAS Archives Halley’s Comet 1986 ~ Terry Lovejoy, Gregg Thompson
39 JULY 2020 Klaus Schlussler ~ Lagoon Nebula
40 JULY 2020 Noeleen Lowndes ~ Jupiter
41 JULY 2020 Tony Kim ~ Eagle Nebula
42 JULY 2020 Dylan O’Donnell ~ Pillars of Creation
43 AUGUST 2020
SAS Facebook group Chandra X-ray Observatory ~ Stephan's Quintet
44 AUGUST 2020 Caleb Kam ~ Eagle Nebula/Pillars of Creation
45 AUGUST 2020 Dylan O’Donnell - Jupiter & Saturn
46 AUGUST 2020 Dylan O’Donnell ~ Trifid Nebula
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