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Welcome to the official homepage of the Astronomical Society of Western Australia (Inc.)

View the ASTRONOMY PICTURE of THE DAY.

ASWA's banner at Whiteman Park

Some recent additions to this website.

Read about ASWA Junior (now Senior) Member gaining scholarship to study gamma ray bursts at Mt Stromlo.

Modified August 1st 2006.
Gemma has accepted a Ph.D scholarship from University of Sydney for 2006. Read details.

55th Anniversery Celebrations
Article and photos of Life Members' Luncheon and the Annual Dinner. added August 4th 2005.

Visit the U.S. Naval Observatory for Phases of the Moon from 1700 to 2035

Vale - John Perdrix
Obituary added on September 20th 2005.

Links to Member's Web Sites
Updated on September 28th

The Sky Tonight updated for December 2008 and January 2009 on 2nd December.

The ASWA Diary has been partly updated for 2009

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Perth Weather - View the Seven Day Weather Forecast or the Radar Image.

UPCOMING EVENTS .

The following events are for ASWA Members and those who may wish to become members. Country, Interstate and Overseas visitors with a strong interest in Astronomy are also welcome. Please ring 08 9246 4190 for further details.

For further information on any of the following see Diary for contact details.

See the Diary for upcoming events.

COMET McNaught 2006 P1.
Details of it's discovery are at the Siding Springs (NSW) website. There were many spectacular views as described here.

The above photographs were taken by Stephen Duffield.
Click for More photos .

Some excellent Photographs of the Comet taken by Roger Groom.

Check out the web sites of
ASWA Members

Check out the Perth Observatory night sky camera. It takes a series of short exposures every 15 minutes and posts these wide field star images to the web.

National Australian Convention of Amateur Astronomers (NACCA) was held at Penrith Panthers Convention Centre west of Sydney March 21st to 24th. 2008 (Easter) Visit the Web Site.

Click for Perth, Western Australia Forecast

These pages were last updated on 31 December, 2008 .

ASWA wishes to acknowledge the many hours of work by various people including Ian Bacon, students from Edith Cowan University, Ray Upston, Bevan Harris and Louise Frick in setting up and maintaining an ASWA website in its various formats over the years.

The format and content for the current Website was solely devised and developed by Bevan Harris and is now maintained by webmaster Melody Designs. Constructive criticism concerning these pages is welcome.