Bagnall Beach Observatory

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Bagnall Beach Observatory is a privately-owned observatory on the east coast of Australia. It is used to gather data for amateur-professional collaborations in astronomy. These collaborations include:

· The measurement of asteroid positions (astrometry of asteroids).

· The measurement of asteroid light-curves (photometry of asteroids).

· The measurement of stellar light-curves (photometry of stars).

A number of professional astronomers have shown that they are willing to tutor advanced amateur astronomers to the point where they can obtain useful data with their instruments; and to assist them to interpret that data and contribute it meaningfully to the scientific community.

In July, 2003 the International Astronomical Union, (the worldwide gathering of professional astronomers), had its meeting in Sydney, Australia. Following the meeting of the I.A.U., a number of these professionals met with amateurs from Australia, New Zealand and Canada at the Australian Minor Planet Workshop at Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia. This meeting strengthened the partnerships between professional and advanced amateur astronomers in these countries. A photograph of most of those who participated is found here.

Previous viewers of this website may be disappointed that all the pretty pictures of the universe have gone. Sorry! However, there are other amateurs who are much better than me at taking pretty pictures. (See “Related Links”). I get my thrills from contributing worthwhile scientific data and participating in the discovery of new information about the universe. Each to their own!

gc@nelsonbay.com

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