L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
The Astronomical Society of Malta
Upcoming virtual astronomy talk for September. The Astronomical Society of Malta is delighted to have the renowned Maltese astronomer Mr Stephen M. Brincat (Flarestar Observatory) present ‘From Astrophotography to Scientific Imaging – An Introduction’. In this virtual talk, Mr Brincat will be discussing: what is scientific imaging? what will I …
As part of this year’s celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of our journey to the Moon, a commemorative lecture was delivered by Gordon Caruana Dingli at the Phoenicia Hotel in Floriana on 30th May. This was a public lecture so everyone was welcome to join! Here are some photos from …
The Astronomical Society of Malta is organizing another talk and observation night on Friday, the 8th of June, at 19:30hrs. This time round, Maltese astrophotographer Alexei Pace (canopus123.wordpress.com/) shall be delivering a short talk about Jupiter and the other gas giants in our cosmic neighbourhood.
The Astronomical Society of Malta shall once again start hosting lectures on various astronomy subjects, delivered by various astronomers, followed by an observation night related to the lecture itself. The first lecture, regarding Variable Stars, shall be held on Friday, 26th of May, at 7.30pm, and shall be delivered by …
The experienced astronomer Mr. Geoffrey White shall be delivering a talk entitled “The Insignificance of the Earth” commencing with a historical bias starting with the ancient Greeks. The talk will then lead on about how the Earth was no longer seen as being at the centre of the universe but …
Monday 26 January 6.30p.m.Stella Maris College – Gzira We shall have with us Dr Chris Baddiley, an astro physicist from the UK who has carried out a lot of work on the physical modeling of the propagation of light in the atmosphere in relation to the effects of light pollution. …
Basic Course in Astronomy The Basic Course in Astronomy came to an end last Saturday with a lecture by Leonard Ellul Mercer on the subject of astrophotography. The course started on 16 October with a lecture by Sandro Lanfranco on the history of astronomy. Other lecturers were Stephen Brincat, Alexei …
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