Mount Burnett Observatory

The Mount Burnett Observatory, a community astronomical observatory in the Dandenong Ranges. You can also follow us on Mastodon via @[email protected]

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Come join us on Saturday 19 August for Footy Oval Astronomy!

We’re running this special event for Australian Science Week and are taking over the Monbulk Rangers Soccer Club for a public observing event.

Get all the details at https://t.co/E8guw4sWir

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Happy solstice, summer is coming!

[EarthquakesGA @EarthquakesGA]

Region: Sunbury, VIC
Mag: 3.8
UTC: 2023-05-28 13:41:51
Lat: -37.54, Lon: 144.84
Dep: 3km
For more info and updates, or if you felt this earthquake, go to https://t.co/5d34rO1qd1

[Mount Burnett Observatory @MBObservatory]

@CanberraDSN I expect you might need a dozen or so on site for uh ... outreach purposes?

[neilcreek @neilcreek]

I'll be participating in this event! Come along, it will be fun :)

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Stay tuned for more details, and keep looking up! ☄️

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We are proud to announce that our volunteers will take over a footy oval to run Footy Oval Astronomy during @Aus_ScienceWeek this August.

This will be a free event for the local community, where we will bring the wonders of astronomy to a wide audience.

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We will have telescopes on hand to show people the night sky. Additionally we will have indoor activities including talks, computer simulation demonstrations and information on Indigenous astronomy.

All this will be live streamed via Facebook and broadcast on Channel 31.

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@PeeVerbs If the red one is Mars, the very bright one is probably Venus.

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WR 134 Ring Nebula by Craig Stocks - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Sunspot with Light Bridge by Mark Johnston - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Total Eclipse: The Big Corona by Reinhold Wittich - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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M16: Eagle Nebula Deep Field by Gianni Lacroce - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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To Fly Free in Space - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way by Petr Horalek - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Fomalhaut's Dusty Debris Disk - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Milky Way over Egyptian Desert by Amr Abdulwahab - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5

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Shadows of Earth by Marcella Giulia Pace - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo8lgD

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The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy - via @apod from NASA https://t.co/ssjRWo7Nr5