L-Għaqda Maltija tal-Astronomija
The Astronomical Society of Malta
This year 2019 marks 50 years since mankind first set foot on our nearest cosmic neighbour, on the night between July 20th and 21st. As such the Astronomical Society of Malta is organizing an event on July 16th, starting off with a talk by Dr Gordon Caruana Dingli at the …
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 organising an event aimed at amateur astrophotographers who would like to learn how to use the popular Sequence Generator Pro (SGP) capturing software. Those who wish to attend must bring their own laptops and DSLR cameras. The event will be held Wednesday, 27th March …
The total lunar eclipse is just one day away! For those of you who won’t be able to make it for our event at Fort St Elmo, and won’t be able to view the eclipse from where you will be during the event, you can tune in to a live …
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth eclipses the Sun from the Moon’s point of view. As a result, the Moon is seen to darken as it enters the Earth’s shadow during its orbit around our planet. When the Sun-Earth-Moon alignment is precise, viewers on the night side of …
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.
Saturday 12 August 2017 – from 10pm onwards at Miġra Ferħa (Imtaħleb l/o Rabat, Malta) Location: goo.gl/maps/fz3zzNLnxX12 As with previous years, the Astronomical Society of Malta shall be organizing an observation night event on the night of the shower’s peak, between the 12th and 13th of August. This year, we …
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