Description:4 items in portfolio : color illustrations, maps ; 30 x 33 cm
Contents:Philip’s stargazing with a telescope / Robin Scagell —
Philip’s southern starfinder / John Woodruff —
Philip’s star chart —
Philip’s planisphere.
The life and world of the Man on the $100 note. A house hold name in nineteenth-century Australia, today commemorated on the $100 note and has a crater named after him on the moon. This short account of the life and world of Australia’s premier nineteenth-century astronomer tells a fascinating story of a man who began his professional career with rudimentary scientific instruments and ended up by running a ‘one-man Greenwich Observatory of the Southern Hemisphere’.
(This large format book is rare, fragile and not available for loan and field use.)
214 Star Charts for Equinox J2000, covering the whole sky at different scales. Provides detailed information on all objects plotted. The book provides – six series of charts, drawn at different scales. Three series of charts each cover the whole sky (at different scales). A further three series provide detailed charts of selected regions of the sky; and symbols which conveniently encode considerable information about each object plotted – eliminating the need to access catalogues to ascertain the principal characteristics of objects. (255 pages A3, Published 1994)
As a member you will share your interest with many other keen amateur astronomers extending from the Southern Downs to the Sunshine Coast, and beyond. You will also have access to all our members-only and public events conducted at our Warwick, Calvert and Maleny facilities. Members may also utilise our range of astronomy equipment available for hire.
– Full member $30.00
– Full Family membership $36.00
– Concession membership (Student and Pensioner) $18.00
The membership year is 1st January, and renewal is due on 31st December each year.
However, if you pay after October 1st you membership will carry through to December 31st the following year
Two simple options:
1- Pay online through your bank by direct deposit. (Just make sure to insert your name in the payment description box eg, JillSmith) And then send an email to membership@bas.asn.au telling us you have renewed your membership.
Our bank details are:
Account name: Brisbane Astronomical Society Inc
Bank: Bank of Queensland
BSB: 124030
Account Number: 10168155
2- Pay online with a credit card via our Trybooking membership portal. Click the following BAS Trybooking membership link: https://www.trybooking.com/DJGEK
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