GRASSA Meetings & Events
Join us for observations, lectures, and workshops with the GRASSA community.
Monthly Meeting - March 2026
Monthly astronomy meeting at the George Botanical Gardens. Our main presenter will be Johann Swanepoel who will give a presentation on shaping and testing of two fast 20 inch optical telescope mirrors. This inspiring talk is a must for anyone who is interested in building a telescope.
Monthly Meeting - February 2026
Monthly astronomy meeting at 15h00
Monthly Meeting - January 2026
Our main presenter will be Case Rijsdijk who will give a talk on the James Webb Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built and looks only at the infrared part of the spectrum. In this talk Case will look at it some detail: is history, construction and some of its most recent results.
Monthly Meeting - November 2025
Our monthly meeting