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Seamans mission in Melbourne

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Paul Bourke

Since the APS is in Melbourne over the next day or two I thought it was interesting to consider one of the other domes in Melbourne, the Seamans Mission. External photograph below The interior is delightful, including the 4 second … Continue reading →

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Hello All Some information about the Adelaide Planetarium Located within the University of South Australia at Mawson Lakes. The 45-seat auditorium has an 8-metre dome with the Zeiss ZKP-1 star projector. Included is a Mirror-Dome system currently operating at 1080×1920. … Continue reading →

Posted on February 7, 2014 by martinlewicki | Leave a comment

APS 2014 – Grigoryan Brothers perform Natural Satellite

Posted on January 31, 2014 by astrotanya

As a special treat to open APS 2014, Slava and Leonard Grigoryan are back at the Melbourne Planetarium for an encore performance of the astronomy-inspired guitar duet Natural Satellite. The event will be held at the Melbourne Planetarium at 8pm, … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day: Romance with the Stars Dinner

Posted on January 24, 2014 by Aussie Starman

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and the adjacent ‘Botanical – Café Functions Events’ are partners in a special ‘Valentine’s Day Romance with the Stars Dinner’ at 6:30pm on Friday, 14 February. Couples will arrive to a welcome drink and chocolates … Continue reading →

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Bendigo Planetarium Update

Posted on January 17, 2014 by bendigoplano

Greetings everyone! The Bendigo Planetarium is situated inside the Discovery Science and Technology Centre and is a 7m dome using a mirrordome system.  2013 saw us try a few different things in the planetarium. We started the year by screening … Continue reading →

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From Science Education to Science-Fiction and then some…

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum

Over the past 2 years, the Ballarat Observatory has been improving and updating its education and outreach programs, in addition, building up its events, to create awareness among the general public in regional Victoria. A little over a year ago … Continue reading →

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Orange Planetarium update

Posted on January 16, 2014 by orangeplanetarium

Greetings from Orange! With the APS meeting rapidly approaching we thought it would be an opportune time to quickly bring everyone up to speed beforehand with a quick report on our quest to build a facility here in the Central … Continue reading →

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Cinerama

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Paul Bourke

Not quite fulldome but pre-iMax and early immersive theatre … some lovely old photographs of the camera and projection hardware. http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/12/cinerama-next-big-thing-that-was.html

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Upgrading Horizon – the Planetarium

Posted on December 20, 2013 by jeffrh

Well, we are finally here. After being closed for months we are once again open for business. Funded by a $1.3m grant from Lotterywest, Horizon – the Planetarium has undergone some major renovations. We have had a complete gutting of … Continue reading →

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ASTEN in Wollongong

Posted on December 20, 2013 by southdome

Being a Science Centre with a planetarium is not unique in Australia. This is also the situation in Bendigo (Discovery), Perth (SciTech) and Melbourne (Scienceworks). In November Wollongong hosted the Australasian Science Centre and Technology Exhibitors Network -ASTEN- conference. And … Continue reading →

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