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Monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of each month on Zoom (login from 18:15).

Other monthly meetings, also on Zoom (login from 18:15), include the Cosmology Group (on the first Monday) and the Astrophotography Group (second Monday)

31/10/2026

https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/293587/deep_sky/ic-1990/pleiades/by-derekd_hermanus

Pleiades, VDB 23, VDB 20, VDB 21 and VDB 22 - astrophotography by DerekD_Hermanus

31/10/2026

https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/293586/deep_sky/ngc-206/andromeda-galaxy/by-derekd_hermanus

Andromeda Galaxy, Le Gentil, M 110, NGC 206 and Andromeda IV - astrophotography by DerekD_Hermanus

31/10/2026

https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/293585/deep_sky/ngc-6960/western-veil-nebula/by-derekd_hermanus

Fleming's Triangular Nebula, SNR G073.6-07.8 and Western Veil Nebula - astrophotography by DerekD_Hermanus

03/10/2026

Neutron stars, the extremely dense remains of massive stars that exploded at the end of their lives, are widely studied astrophysical objects. Some of these stars, known as pulsars, spin and send out beams of radio waves, making them appear to pulse as the beams sweep past Earth.

02/10/2026

Some of my first images taken with the Seestar S50 Pro smart scope I bought at the launch discount price a few days ago. These were stacked raw images post processed by myself in SiriL and Photoshop.

21/06/2026

More about the presenter: "Professor Roger Deane is a leading South African astrophysicist and radio astronomer. He is a Professor and the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Chair in Radio Astronomy at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). He is best known for his key role in the Event Horizon Telescope team that captured the historic first image of a black hole."
For members of the public who are interested in attending but are not current members of the Hermanus Astronomy Centre, click on the following link to contact us for more details: " https://www.hermanusastronomy.co.za/contact-us/ "

20/05/2026

https://www.hermanusastronomy.co.za/2026/05/20/sa-professor-behind-meerkat-and-worlds-largest-radio-astronomy-network-honouredsa-professor-behind-meerkat-and-worlds-largest-radio-astronomy-network-honoured/

Professor Justin Jonas, Behind MeerKAT and World’s Largest Radio Astronomy Network, Honoured

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-meteor-falling-cleveland-states.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

A suspected meteor that fell over the Cleveland area on Tuesday shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-physicists-sun-magnetic-kilometers-surface.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense magnetic activity and often trigger solar eruptions—appear at mid-latitudes and migrate toward the star's equator in a butterfly-shape pattern before fading as the cycle reset...

18/03/2026

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-galaxy-door-astronomers.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors—a small, gas-rich galaxy visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere, and bound to our galaxy by gravity, alongside its companion, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). All three galaxies have been interact...

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