The Astronomical Society of Malta
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 shall be organizing an observation and astrophotography workshop for beginner and intermediate amateur astronomers on Friday, the 22nd of June at 19:30hrs. All members of the Society are welcome to join, bring along their telescopes or cameras and learn how to use them for capturing …
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.
We are organizing our first, *exclusively members only* event – an observation of the Omega Centauri globular cluster from Dingli on the 13th of May!
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 …
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 …
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