*** NOTE - usually 2nd Wednesday of the Month, but with Matariki and Members night during the same week, it was decided best to make this TUESDAY 18th July for the Month of July.

Event for HAS Members
Introduction to the Universe - a monthly astronomy talk.
(USUALLY on second Wednesday of each month, except this time).

Tonight’s Topic: Our Place in the Universe - Where do we fit in?
Speaker: Chris Benton (From Auckland Astronomical Society)

This talk will be a visual journey starting with us as technologically advanced complex life on a small rocky planet, which is one of eight planets in orbit around an average star. We move out of the Solar System through our home galaxy, the Milky Way, out to the Local Group of galaxies to the Virgo and Laniakea superclusters making up the cosmic web structure of the Observable Universe before speculating on the size and geometry of the Entire Universe.

July 2023 was originally scheduled for Joel Schiff. Joel will now speak in September.

***NOTE this month the talk is NOT the second Wednesday of the month due to several other events at HAS.

**Masks are no longer required, however you may wear a mask if you would like to. We respect anyone’s right to wear a mask if they wish to.