Web pages that are no longer current, are archived here for reference purposes. Material is arranged by year of publication on the ASSA website, and then by subject.
Published in 2022
Projects
Alerts
- SAAO 200 Virtual Symposium held 2020 October 20-22 — 2022 October
- ASSA Centenary Special Colloquium: Milestones in South African Astronomy (video) — 2022 July 28
Publications: Sky Guide
- Watch the Youtube interview of Dr. Ian Glass and Auke Slotegraaf about the Sky Guide 2023 — 2022 December
Published in 2021
Shallow Sky Section
- Hunting Spectres on the Moon — 2021 January
Published in 2020
Shallow Sky Section
- Jupiter and Saturn great conjunction — 2020 Dec 21
- Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS — 2020 Nov 11
- Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) — 2020 May
- Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE — 2020 August
- Clyde’s Spot – The video — 2020 August
- Discovery of Clyde’s Spot — 2020 June
Published in 2019
Astrophotography Section
Shallow Sky Section
- Jupiter (photo) — 2019 May
- Comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) — 2019 Mar 01
Published in 2017
Astrophotography Section
- Solar Eclipse of 26 February (2017)
Published in 2016
Astrophotography Section
- Solar Eclipse of 1 September (2016)
Shallow Sky Section
- Partial solar eclipse 2016 and Eclipse Photography Challenge — 2016 September
- Venus and Jupiter conjunction (2016 August 27) — 2016 June
Published in 2015
Astrophotography Section
Projects
Published in 2014
Astrophotography Section
- Mars and Spica (2014)
- Pallas (2014)
Outreach Section
Shallow Sky Section
- C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy-a binocular comet in time for Christmas
- Huge sunspot AR 2192
- Comet Siding Springs encounter with Mars
- Comet C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)
- International observe the moon night 6th September
- Occultation of theta Librae – 1st Sept 2014
- C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
- The Eta Aquarids in May
- AR 1967 is back
- Fireball seen on Monday, January 27
- Huge sunspot AR 1967 putting on a show
- January’s huge sunspot
- January’s Jupiter challenge: imaging Ganymede
Published in 2013
Outreach Section
- Moon Viewing Evening, Makhado Crossing, Louis Trichardt. Saturday, 2013 December 07 (presented by Soutpansberg Astronomy Club)
- World Space Week 2013 – Cape Town (presented by StarPeople)
- National Science Week 2013 – Cape Town (presented by StarPeople)
- National Science Week 2013 – Limpopo (presented by Soutpansberg Astronomy Club)
Shallow Sky Section
- Fireball seen on Saturday, December 21
- What’s Up in January 2014?
- Nova Cen 2013 now a naked-eye object!
- Rock or meteorite? Possible meteorite find on a farm in Mpumalanga.
- Comet Ison pronounced dead – the Sun is the chief suspect! (phys.org)
- Catch the Geminids this week-end
- Get ready for the smallest (and last) Full Moon of the year
- An animated GIF from SOHO, www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/ison-survives_0.gif, shows the recent solar passage of Comet ISON.
- Finder charts for Comet ISON
- Partial solar eclipse, 2013 November 03
- Penumbral lunar eclipse, 2013 October 18/19
- Southern African Fireball Observations 2011 – 2012 (T.P. Cooper)
- The Daytime Bolide of 12 March 2013 (T.P. Cooper)
- The 2013 Eta Aquariids from Bredell (T.P. Cooper)
Published in 2011
Shallow Sky Section
Published in 2010
Shallow Sky Section
Published in 2009
Shallow Sky Section
Published in 2008
Shallow Sky Section
- The History of the Hoba Meteorite: Part I: Nature and Discovery (P.E. Spargo)
- The History of the Hoba Meteorite: Part II: The News Spreads… (P.E. Spargo)
- The History of the Hoba Meteorite: Part III: Known and loved by all … (P.E. Spargo)
Published in 2007
Shallow Sky Section
- Southern African Fireball Observations 2006 (T.P. Cooper)
- A probable spectacular bolide observed on 3 May 2007 (T.P. Cooper)