Peter’s Astronomy Pages
Astronomy Education
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Peter has given several talks recently, to amateur astronomers and members of the public, at recent open nights, at our local observatory.
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| Slideshow: Peter’s talk on "The Artemis Program: Return to the Moon" Half hour talk to amateur astronomers and members of the public, at recent open nights, at our local observatory. | Click here Peter’s Slideshow called "The Artemis Program: Return to the Moon"  |
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| Slideshow: Peter’s talk on "The James Webb Telescope" Half hour talk to amateur astronomers and members of the public, at recent open nights, at our local observatory. | Click here Peter’s Slideshow called "The James Webb Telescope"  |
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Click here Peter’s Slideshow called "From the Solar System to the Edge of the Universe"  |
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Click here for Slideshow: Peter’s 1st UK zoom talk on Sky Hopping Southern Constellations |
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Click here for Slideshow: Peter’s Second UK zoom talk on history of Southern Constellations |
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Slideshow: Peter’s Talk Henrietta Leavitt & Cepheid Variable Stars |
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| Slideshow: "Moon Missions: Mercury, Gemini & Apollo Missions to the Moon" |
Slideshow: Peter’s Talk on Moon Missions: Mercury, Gemini & Apollo |
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Slideshow: "Moon Landing to Mars Landing" To mark the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing Peter Eyland shared the remarkable history of space flight & details of NASA’s Plans to eventually land a human on Mars. This talk was held on Monday 12 August 2019. 6:30pm to 7:30pm At Sutherland Library. |
Slideshow: Peter’s Talk on Moon Landings to Mars Landings |
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| Slideshow on "Peter’s Talk on The Colour & Brightness of Stars." Stars appear with different colours and magnitudes. Peter explains the science behind observing & graphing the brightness & colour of stars. He also explains that stars have a Lifecycle. |
Slideshow: Peter’s Talk on The Colour & Brightness of Stars |
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| Slideshow on "Peter’s Talk on Deep Space Objects." A Deep Space Object (DSO) is any celestial object that is not a star or Solar System object. (They are also called Deep Sky Objects). |
Slideshow: Peter’s Talk on Deep Space Objects |
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| Slideshow on "Peter’s Talk on Sky Hopping the Southern Sky." |
Slideshow: Peter’s Talk on Sky Hopping the Southern Sky  |
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| An Astronomy Glossary based on a number of Peter’s talks. Helpful definitions with easy to understand pictures. Recently updated with new terms. |
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| Telescopes and other Optical Instruments (lecture from Peter’s physics course) | Introductory Physics Course Lecture 9 (Optical instruments) |
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| Calendars. This is a paper on calendars, sun & seasons, moon & phases, the stars in the year. It also includes history of calendars. | Calendars |
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Slideshow on "The Planets". Talk covers the planets and their moons. Also show why Pluto was demoted, and recently discovered minor planets. |
Slideshow: The Planets. |
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Slideshow on "The Solar System & Galaxies". Talk covers our neighbbourhood Solar System and our galaxy called "the The Milky Way". It other looks at further galaxies within our universe. This shows the local Stars around us. |
Slideshow: The Solar System & Galaxies.
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| Slideshow: "The Life Cycle of Stars" | Slideshow: The Lifecycle of Stars.
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Slideshow: "Famous Women in Astronomy." Many women were instrumental in radio astronomy and observational astronomy. Very few people have even heard of them. Includes Australian and overseas examples of these "unsung heroines". |
Slideshow: Famous Women in Astronomy
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Slideshow: " ‘The big bang’ to the end of the universe" Peter has given this at a number of Motorhome rallies and is a favourite of many amateur astronomers. It talks about the birth of the universe, to the final crunch, rip or freeze. |
Slideshow: " ’The big bang’ to the end of the universe"
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Slideshow: "The Constellations - with emphasis on the Southern Sky". Peter talks about the constellations and how to recognise them in the sky tonight. Usually includes a hand-out of the stars visible tonight over the Motohome rally site. Very popular talk.
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Slideshow: "The Constellations - with emphasis on the Southern Sky". |
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| Slideshow: "More Southern Constellations". Peter talks more about the southern constellations, and which will be visible on the port side and the starboard side of the ship. |
Slideshow: "More on Southern Constellations"
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Workshop: "Starry Starry Night" Peter takes small groups (or large) into a dark field and shows you what to see in the night sky tonight. He demonstrates how to set up two telescopes, and shows you a number of astronomical bodies eg the moon, nearby planets, a number of recognisable stars & constallations. Peter also demonstrates a number of iPad Apps (applications) to help you identify star, planets, satellites etc. Great beginners workshop, very popular (no charge). |
Workshop. (Hands on practical not a slideshow.) |
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| Slideshow: "New Horizons Mission to Pluto & Beyond" | Slideshow: "New Horizons Mission to Pluto & Beyond"
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| Slideshow: "SASI and the Night Sky: Our Local Astronomy Club at the Green Point Observatory (Probus Talk)" | "SASI and the Night Sky: Our Local Astronomy Club at the Green Point Observatory (Probus Talk)"
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