Ordinary Meeting - Astronomy from Broken Hill Observatory

Guest Speaker: Trevor Barry

Title: Astronomy from Broken Hill Observatory

Abstract: Trevor has become famous lately for his key role in discovering a ten-sided (decagonal) cloud pattern at Saturn's south pole.

Biography: Trevor has been a member of ASNSW since 1998.  He has been capturing detailed data about Saturn from his home-made observatory in Broken Hill since the early 2000s.

Links:

• ABC story about the Saturn decagon discovery:
  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-07/outback-amateur-astronomer-part-of-saturn-decagon-wave-discovery/107112590
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260908.html
• The full paper in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aee4251

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