An additional night for members to view various objects through the HAS telescopes. Members are also welcome to bring their own telescopes. Whether you are an experienced observer or just getting started, there will be plenty of space to set up your equipment and take in the celestial sights.

On this night we are hoping to observe the following targets:

Planets:

• Saturn

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Uranus

• Neptune

DSOs (deep sky objects, outside of our solar system):

• The Great Orion Nebula (nebula in Orion)

• Matariki (the Pleiades) (open star cluster in Taurus)

• The Southern Pleiades (open star cluster in Carina)

• Running Chicken Nebula (nebula in Centaurus)

• Eta Carinae Nebula (nebula in Carina)

• Omega Centauri (globular cluster in Centaurus)

If there is time, and if there are target requests, then we can explore those as well. We have tried to select DSOs which you may not have seen during our public nights.

Please see members email of 21  February for more information.