Toowoomba's Astronomy, Stargazing and Astrophotography group

About us – Toowoomba Astronomy

Toowoomba Astronomy  – Toowoomba’s unofficial club for anyone  interested in getting more out of Astronomy, Stargazing or Astrophotography.

You can engage with Toowoomba Astronomy through our Facebook page and our group can be found here.

Down the track we look forward to hosting Public Stagazing events around Toowoomoba as well as short info sessions for newcomers just starting out.

You can find future events on our Facebook page and here.

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Toowoomba Astronomy’s goal of hosting public stargazing nights!

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The Cygnus loop by Trevor McDougall, 28 August.
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Irregular galaxy NGC55, from Cam Smith, 12 August.
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From the Lockyer Valley's Craig Bachmann
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From Cam Smith on 1 August: A quick run at the Dumbell nebula with the sharpstar 76.
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Toowoomba Astronomy
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From Ralf Stoeckeler: I decided to find minor planet Pluto, something I've been wanting to do for over 40 years, but have never done to date! So I took a 5 minute exposure on the 9th July and another one on the 10th July. I compared the image with the map in the current edition of Sky and Telescope and found Pluto as a faint spot and confirmed its movement over approximately 24 hours. Its magnitude 14.3 and the 2 pics have been cropped to a width of just less than half a degree. No wonder it took so long for Clyde Tombaugh to spot it back in 1930!
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