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Brisbane Planetarium Upgrade

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Aussie Starman

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium will be closing from Wednesday, 9 January 2013 and re-opening to the public on Easter Saturday, 30 March 2013. During this time, the Planetarium’s Cosmic Skydome projection dome will be replaced, a Megastar-IIB optical star … Continue reading →

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Tycho is back

Posted on December 21, 2012 by warikl

It is with great delight that we can announce that Tycho has returned to the Scienceworks gift shop.   It has been quite a few years since a Tycho soft toy was available.  Many of the original soft toy Tychos were given away … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Megamovie Project

Posted on November 1, 2012 by astrotanya

Hope everyone is gearing up for Australia’s solar eclipse. It’ll be my first chance of totality, so I’ve got fingers crossed that the clouds will stay away. I wanted to let you know about the Eclipse Megamovie Project. It’s about using … Continue reading →

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Fisheye filming

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Paul Bourke

Further to my earlier post on filming with the Red Scarlet and fisheye lens, we finally took it out on the road. The following with the gorilla mount is my favourite shot since it looks so parasitic on the front … Continue reading →

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Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium in 1977

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Aussie Starman

Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium in 1977

Thirty five years ago, this was the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium under construction in Brisbane. It was officially opened on 24 May 1978.

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APS 2013 Meeting Preliminary Notice

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Aussie Starman

During the first three months of 2013, the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium will undergo a major upgrade, which will culminate with APS 2013 on either the weekend of 23/24 March or the Sunday/Monday, 24/25 March. APS members will preview the … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Festival

Posted on September 28, 2012 by warikl

The Melbourne Planetarium is pleased to announce that it will be involved with the upcoming Melbourne Festival. On Monday the 15th of October, the planetarium will be screening Lynette Wallworth’s entrancing fulldome film Coral: Rekindling Venus. Australian installation artist Lynette … Continue reading →

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Adelaide Planetarium comes to Melbourne

Posted on September 14, 2012 by astrotanya

We had a great treat at the Melbourne Planetarium last night. Paul Curnow from Adelaide Planetarium was visiting and gave a fantastic planetarium lecture entitled “Beneath Australian Skies”. The audience was mainly members of the public but also included many … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Neil Armstrong

Posted on August 31, 2012 by astrotanya

I was sad to hear the recent news that Neil Armstrong had passed away. It was just last week that I had been talking about the Apollo missions to a group of Grade 3 students. It was my son’s class … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Planetarium meets the Morrison Planetarium

Posted on August 13, 2012 by warikl

On our recent trip to IPS, three of us from Museum Victoria, took the opportunity to stop over in San Francisco to visit the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences. One of the largest natural history museums in … Continue reading →

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