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A Bat Salutes First Full Moon With Chinese Lander

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Aussie Starman

I just shot a handheld camera image of the Full Moon tonight – the first Full Moon with a Chinese spacecraft operating on it. A bat flew past in salute! A fraction of a second later and I would have … Continue reading →

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Chang’e-3 Landing Site

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Aussie Starman

I’ve marked the actual landing site for the Chinese Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover based on a handheld camera shot I took on Friday, 13 December, that best shows the original target location and the final landing site. I also … Continue reading →

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WISH: World Innovation Summit for Health

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Paul Bourke

Fancy using your planetarium for immersive remote surgery? Just spent a week in Doha at the World Innovation Summit for Health. Besides being an amazing event I was commissioned to set up an iDome in the innovation hall. While I put … Continue reading →

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A Night in the Museum

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Aussie Starman

On my way to and from Gabon for the November 3rd total solar eclipse (successful), I went to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) several times, including their special night to launch the Hayden Planetarium’s latest show ‘Dark Universe’ … Continue reading →

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Moon ready to receive Chinese lander

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Aussie Starman

I took this handheld camera shot of the Moon last night from Brisbane. It was set at 50 times optical zoom on my Canon Powershot SX50 HS. The Chinese Chang’e-3 spacecraft makes its descent to the Bay of Rainbows tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Conference in Warsaw

Posted on December 12, 2013 by apsplanetarium

*Posted by warikl on behalf of Martin George One of the most worthwhile series of conferences I have attended have been the Communicating Astronomy to the Public conferences run by the International Astronomical Union.  Although have not been to them … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Berlin Planetarium

Posted on November 26, 2013 by warikl

*Posted by warikl on behalf of Monica Zetlin During my September European Holiday, I squeezed in a quick visit to the Zeiss Grossplanetarium in Berlin where I caught up with the newly appointed Head of the Planetarium, Tim Florian Horn. … Continue reading →

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Fill your head with Space!

Posted on November 1, 2013 by carterobservatory

This year we have been focusing on getting a new audience to Carter. One way we have done this is by teaming up with Clemengers BBDO to create our “Fill your Head with Space Campaign”  One of our challenges is … Continue reading →

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APS 2014 conference – First announcement

Posted on October 22, 2013 by apsplanetarium

The dates for the APS 2014 conference have now been finalized.  The meeting will take place at the Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks on the 17th & 18th of February.  Following on from the APS meeting in Brisbane earlier this year, … Continue reading →

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Stardome Upgrade October 2013 – Part Two

Posted on October 1, 2013 by warikl

*Posted by warikl on behalf of the Stardome Observatory & Planetarium Replacing a full rack of servers is not a simple task; many of the servers provide a direct feed to the projectors (four to each projector) through fibre optic … Continue reading →

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