Die planetarium in Johannesburg het weer `n voorraad teleskope. Gaan loer gerus op hulle webblad. Die pryse is mededingend. Hulle wil sterrekunde so goedkoop moontlik by Jan Alleman uitbring. Ondersteun hulle gerus. 
Wat `n skok toe ek die koerant vanoggend oopmaak. (Kliek op foto om te vergroot)
The 2009 Annual General Meeting of the ASSA was held in Cape Town on 2009 July 29.
Two highlights from the meeting were the presentation of awards, and Dr Peter Martinez's Presidential Address.
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March 18th, 1959
A meeting was held at the Technical College, Bloemfontein, on March 18th, 1959, under the auspices of Dr. H. Haffner, at which it was decided to seek the approval of theCouncil of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa to the formation of a Bloemfontein Centre of the Society. Dr. C.B. van Wyk was elected Chairman, Mr. N. Lincoln Secretary. Dr. Haffner & Mr. M. J. Bester
were elected to the Committee. It was decided that the next Meeting should be held at the Boyden Observatory on April 20th, at 7.30 p.m.
Those present at the Meeting enjoyed a talk by Dr. Haffner on "The Moon", illustrated by lantern slides. An article in "The Friend" of 19 March 1959 reads as follows: Astronomy society branch Dr. C.B. Van Wyk, professor of applied mathematics at the University of the Orange Free State, was elected chairman at the inaugural meeting of the Bloemfontein centre of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa last night. Dr. Haffner and Mr M.J. Bester were elected to the committee, with Mr. Lincoln as secretary. There were about 20 foundation members. After the meeting Dr. Haffner gave an illustrated talk on "The Moon". He confined himself to the more technical side of the subject, as he considered he said, that enough had already been said about the more imaginative side.
The next meeting of the centre will be held as an observation evening at Boyden Observatory, Mazelspoort, at 7.30 p.m. on April 20. An open invitation has been extended to anybody interested in astronomy to attend the centre's meetings.
He has written two books: "The New Atlas of the Moon" with Serge Brunier (Firefly) and "Astrophotographie" (Eyrolles), and is featured in a new book by Robert Gendler, "Capturing the Stars: Astrophotography by the Masters."
Augustus is Jupiter se maand. Nie eens Mars wat so "groot" soos die maan gaan word, gaan die ou grootte se donder steel nie. Oops! Nou is almal weer ontsteld. Nee! Nee! Nee! Mars gaan nie so groot soos die maan word nie. Jupiter en sy mane is die hele Augustus-maand van vroeg tot laat sigbaar. Die mane is nou wel net sigbaar met `n kragtige verkyker of klein teleskoop. Op 14 Augustus is die Jupiter in opposisie as die aarde direk tussen hom en die son is. Dit is dan ook op sy helderste.
Hierdie is `n voorstelling wat met Skytools 3 geskep is soos gesien deur `n 11" duim teleskoop, 29 Julie om 05:14.The schedule for observing the impact spot on Jupiter from South Africa is as follows (times in SAST):
Wednesday 29 July, 04:14; Thursday 30 July, 01:59 & 21:56; Saturday 01 August 03:43 & 23:34; Tuesday 04 August 01:12 & 21:03; Thursday 06 August 02:50 & 22:41; Sunday 09 August 9, 00:18; Tuesday 11 August 01:57 & 21:48; Thursday 13 August 23:26; Sunday 16 August 01:04.
The marking transits 2 hours and 6 minutes after the Great Red Spot.
Hier is nou net die ding om jou sterrekunde stokperdjie mee af te skop.Day 1: What you can see up there
Day 2: How the sky moves
Day 3: How to read a star chart, and mini-tours of the sky
Day 4: Binoculars and telescopes
Day 5: How to see faint celestial objects; what to do next…
The freshly-upgraded Hubble Space Telescope snapped a dramatic image of a dark blemish on Jupiter Thursday, using the observatory's brand new camera installed by astronauts in May.
