Whakatane Astronomical Society
37°57′24″S 176°59′58″E / 37.956642°S 176.999544°E / -37.956642; 176.999544
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The Whakatane Astronomical Society is a voluntary, non-profit society for people interested in amateur astronomy in the Whakatane District of New Zealand. The society was founded in September 1960, and maintains a small observatory in Whakatane, which has been operating continuously since 1964.[1] The society is affiliated with the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.[2]
The Society's main fund raising activity is the running of observing nights on Tuesday and Friday evenings, where members of the public pay a small fee to view the sky using one or more of the society's telescopes at the observatory, under the guidance of a society member. Similar evenings can also be run for larger/school groups, with prior arrangement.
Equipment
The Society's observatory houses three main telescopes:
- A 350mm Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain
- A 250mm Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain with GoTo Control
- A custom built 150mm refractor, equipped with a solar filter
See also
References
External links
- Sky of Plenty (Whakatane Astronomical Society Homepage)
- Listing on Whakatane.info
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