[ASA] HAAC webinar Wednesday 18 November 2026

[Nick Lomb]

Dear all

I am pleased to advise that the ASA History of Australian Astronomy Chapter's annual webinar is happening on Wednesday 18 November, 2pm to 4:30pm AEDT. There is a terrific line-up of speakers and topics. Registration, abstracts, bios and more information at https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/DgEZCvl1rKi4R1OpghQflOtQ9Jef?domain=asa-haac.org<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/ydJkCwV1vMfP260JQfqhGvtJVXOC?domain=protect.checkpoint.com>.

PROGRAM
Marcus Chown: Black hole discoverer whose name has vanished down a metaphorical black hole
Kerrie Dougherty: Up, Up and Away: early balloon-borne and sounding rocket astronomy in Australia
Jack Foster: How to use a transit telescope.
Richard de Grijs: How Australians Imagined Mars, 1875–1899
Harry Wendt: The Discovery of Radio Emission from Flare Stars
Fred Watson: Grubb Down-Under - A 160-year Scientific Odyssey
You must register to get the Zoom link the day prior.

If you missed the recent HAAC eclipse webinar you can access the recordings for individual talks and the entire session at https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/SLbpCxngwOfBz8mn0tYiEKtyw7uA?domain=asa-haac.org<https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/yt3RCyojxQTJpD6qWiRsmAtx9_U7?domain=protect.checkpoint.com>.

HAAC is making excellent progress on its oral history project with more to be announced at the annual webinar.

Regards

Nick
Chair, HAAC Steering Committee

Nick Lomb (he/him)
Adjunct Professor | Centre for Astrophysics
E: nick.lomb at unisq.edu.au
School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing
University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia

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