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An solar eclipse will be visible in Australia, mostly as a partial eclipse. However, the path of totality will cross northern Australia, 250 km east of Darwin (13/20:35 UT) and then move over the Gulf of Carpentaria and cross the Cape York peninsula near Cairns (around 13/20:38 UT). This will be an early morning event. For more details see Eclipses@NASA. |
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It is expected that Comet ISON will become very bright this month as it passes perihelion. It may be visible during daylight hours and some predictions have it as bright as the full moon. However, comet brightness predictions are notoriously unreliable, particularly for comets making their first pass into the inner solar system. |
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The United Nations General Assembly has declared this
time in October as World Space Week "To celebrate each year
at the international level the contributions of space science and
technology to the betterment of the human condition". The theme for this year is "Mars Exploration and Beyond".
World Space Week |
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The 13th Australian Mars Exploration Conference will be held this year in conjunction with the ASSC-13 conference (see entry below). More details can be found at AMEC 2013. |
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The 13th Australian Space Science Conference will be held this year at the University of New South Wales. Jointly sponsored by the National Committee for Space Science and the National Space Society of Australia, it will cover the areas of space science, space engineering, space industry, government space and space education and outreach. More details can be found at ASSC-13. Details of previous conferences can be found at Australian Space Science Conference. |
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The Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex at Tidbinbilla, south of Canberra, will hold a space open day. For more details see Canberra 100. |
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The 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting and General Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia will be held at Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria. For more details see ASAM2013. |
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The Australia Centre for Astrobiology will hold the first Australian Astrobiology Meeting at the Kensington Campus of the University of New South Wales in Sydney. For more details see Astrobiology Australia. |
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The David Malin 2012 Awards photographic exhibition will be displayed at the Perth Observatory. Twenty-four spectacular astronomical photographs will be on display. More details at Perth Observatory. |
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The 15th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC15) will take place at the Melbourne Convention Centre from 25-28 February 2013. The AIAC15 is held in conjunction with the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition, both taking place concurrently at the Avalon Airport. For more details see AIAC15. |
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The Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research at the University of New South Wales will host a two day forum on off-Earth mining. For more details see ACSER. |
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Dr Phil Bland, Curtin University (formerly Imperial College), will give this year's summer lecture at the Perth Observatory. It will be titled "On the Trail of a Meteor". More details at Perth Observatory |
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The Sydney Symphony and Sydney Philharmonic Choirs will provide the sound spectacular to a big screen display of Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001:A Space Odyssey. For details see Sydney Festival. For those in Adelaide on the 8th and 9th of March see Adelaide Festival. |
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The University of South Australia will host a summer space program for the International Space University. More details can be found at UNISA and ISU. |