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Orange Planetarium needs your help!

Posted on January 31, 2015 by orangeplanetarium

Over the last year, our project to build a planetarium in Orange NSW has taken many twists and turns. Most have centred around cost, as you might expect. The good news is that Orange City Council wants to build a … Continue reading →

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APS2015 Registration now open

Posted on January 30, 2015 by apsplanetarium

A new page has been added to the APS website today dedicated to the APS2015 conference.  This page will provide the most up to date information on the conference.  Which means you will no longer need to hunt through individual … Continue reading →

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APS2015 fast approaching

Posted on January 5, 2015 by apsplanetarium

The APS2015 conference is now only a few weeks away, and I for one, am eagerly looking forward to it. Jeff Harris the manager of the SciTech Planetarium has put together a really great schedule which you can find here … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on December 31, 2014 by warikl

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,800 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway … Continue reading →

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UNSW Physics Outreach 2014 Highlights

Posted on December 19, 2014 by shanehengst

We’ve had another successful year! Total number of public talks: 7 The number of workshops: 76 Estimate number of participants: 3500 Hopefully, inspiring the next generation of scientists: priceless! UNSW Physics Outreach Snapshot 2014

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Murder on the International Space Station

Posted on November 11, 2014 by clairefb

“Looking for more Space in your life? Wanting to escape the gravity of your daily grind? Need to put your relationship into a new orbit? Is it time to put some flair into your life? You have come to the … Continue reading →

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Vatican Observatory Astronomer Visit

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Aussie Starman

It was a pleasure to have Brother Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory Foundation call in this evening at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium and present a special session in the Cosmic Skydome. He related how the friends of the night … Continue reading →

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Sliding Spring Observatory turns 50

Posted on October 15, 2014 by warikl

**Published on behalf of Jamie Maslen (Planetarium Education Group) The Sliding Springs Observatory (SSO) held its annual StarFest event on the 3-5 October this year. It is now 50 years since the observatory opened in 1964. As part of the … Continue reading →

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Total Lunar Eclipse – Brisbane

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Aussie Starman

Clouds interfered with most of the eclipse for Brisbane and the planetarium and we did not have clear patches until two-thirds of the way through totality. There was plenty of lead-up media and we had been on standby for trying … Continue reading →

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STARMUS 2014 – CANARY ISLANDS

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Aussie Starman

Well, to those of you who heard about Starmus 2014 at IPS 2014 and wished to go, it was indeed an amazing astronomy/music festival. I decided at the last minute to attend on the VIP package (expensive) and did the … Continue reading →

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