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Wednesday 3 February, 7:00pm After travelling to the far reaches of the cosmos last year, we return to our own neighbourhood and take
a close look at our own natural
satellite.
Where did the Moon come from?
What are its physical properties?
These questions and many more
will be explored about our companion
in space. Wednesday 3 February, 8:00pm Presented by David Benn
David will demonstrate VStar, an easy-to use, open source variable star data visualisation tool that has been under development since mid-2009. David will talk about its development in the context of the Citizen Sky Project, and outline future plans such as the addition of period search functionality.
The focus of the first Citizen Sky Project is the bright star
Epsilon Aurigae, currently undergoing eclipse. The eclipse will last for almost two years and occurs only once every 27 years. David will outline the history and current thinking about the nature of this fascinating star system.
David is a Software Engineer, currently working in the area
of hardware simulation and embedded software tools. In addition
to his professional work, since 1991 he has developed
an open source compiler, interpreter and microcontroller
library.
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February Meetings
