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Brisbane South - Logan -Gold Coast - Tweed Heads Southern Astronomical Society - Brisbane South - Logan -Gold Coast - Tweed Heads - www.sas.org.au 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 Greg Bock ~ new supernova, SN2020jfo JUNE 2020 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 47 48 .
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