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Science Centre and Planetarium Wollongong’s Astronomy Discovery Night

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Amanda Kruger

At the end of May, The Science Centre and Planetarium held its Astronomy Discovery night. On the discovery nights, we open up outside of normal opening hours and run planetarium shows and live astronomy presentations, have telescopes set up, and … Continue reading →

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International Day of Planetaria

Posted on March 15, 2015 by warikl

Happy ‘International Day of Planetaria’ to everyone.  The ‘Day of Planetaria’ was first celebrated in Italy in 1990.  While this day is well recognised in Europe it has yet to really catch on in the United States or Australasia. However … 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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