Member Activities & Services

ASWA organizes a range of activities to cater for its diverse membership. A schedule of these events appears in the ASWA Diary.

Astronomy Classes

Free Astronomy Classes for beginners are held immediately prior to most Ordinary Meetings. These provide the beginners and new members with an introduction to the major areas of astronomy and are also useful to existing members who are seeking to expand their knowledge into new areas. They are held on the second Monday of each month at the South Perth Bridge Club , commencing at 7:00pm

Ordinary Meetings

Ordinary Meetings are ASWA's major indoor activity and typically features a talk or some other presentation (usually by a guest speaker) on an astronomical subject, hints and tips by members, Society reports and general socializing. They are held on the second Monday of the month at the South Perth Bridge Club, commencing at 8:00pm. Visitors are welcome.

Deep Sky Section

Serious Deep Sky Observing.

Lunar Section

H.O.W (Hands On Workshops) Section

Club Night

Astro Camp

Sections and Specialists

ASWA maintains and encourages the establishment of special interest groups, called Sections , to enable those who specialize in any aspect of Astronomy to share their ideas, their plans, their successes and be involved with others with the same interests.
Where there are insufficient members actively involved in a particular aspect of Astronomy for a Section to be formed, ASWA has appointed Specialists . These are members who have a specific interest in a given field and have undertaken to act as advisors and otherwise as a source of information in that field to other ASWA members. These Specialist fields provide a basis for the establishment of additional Sections as interest in them increases.

ASWA Library

ASWA recognizes that many astronomical publications may be beyond the budget of the amateur, so our Library contains a wealth of astronomical material - including books, star-maps, catalogues, videos and publications of astronomical organizations worldwide.

Instrument Loans

ASWA maintains a variety of astronomical equipment (including 4-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch, 16-inch, and 17.5-inch telescopes), and makes some of these items available for loan. Members must have been with the Society for at least six months in order to take advantage of the loan programme (twelve months for the more complicated instruments). Email our Instrument Curator Peter Bishop for details.

This page was last updated on 20 August, 2007