MicroFUN is an informal consortium of
observers from 5 continents,
both professional and amateur, dedicated
to photometric monitoring of interesting
microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge.
The MicroFUN
observing season runs from May through September each year when the
Galactic Bulge is visible in the night sky. Because the Bulge is at
RA=18h Dec=–30°, most of the sites are in the Southern Hemisphere,
or at relatively low northern latitudes (at or just below 30° North
latitude).
In New
Zealand, the Galactic Bulge runs high overhead during the winter
months.
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Dec 2013, MicroFUN
members in Auckland for the third
MicroFUN meeting.
Back row from left:
Eric, John Drummond,
Andy Gould, Scott Gaudi,
Tim Natusch & Michael Albrow.
Seond row from left: Grant Christie, Marc Bos,
Cheongho Han, ?, Guy Thornley,
Ian Porriitt, Dave Moorhouse, and Hayden Ngan.
Front: Jennifer Yee,
Jennie McCormick and TG Tan |