West Syd Observatory

Western Sydney University Penrith Observatory run public events. A visit includes a 3D astronomy movie, lectures and viewing the night sky through telescopes.

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

A thread of the cosmic web: astronomers spot a 50 million light-year galactic filament https://t.co/wgby8DgBCH

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Originally labelled ‘WTF?’, newly discovered ghostly circles have astronomers are excited.
The strange blobs, now been dubbed ORCs (Odd Radio Circles) can’t be explained by current theories.
A piece by Professor Ray Norris for The Conversation.
https://t.co/7MlJsA6qBl

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Congratulations to PhD student, Miranda Yew and the team.
"New optically identified supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud"
https://t.co/oV0wHu1t78

[Australian Museum @austmus]

Did you know, thousands of visitors from outer space land on Earth every year? We’re talking meteorites of course! Learn all about meteorites & tour the night sky @WesternSydObs with AM’s Ross Pogson this Sat 16 Nov. Book tickets here https://t.co/1BXtY2iaEm

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Planetarium shows all day today at Open Day

[Dr. Hyde @AstroHyde]

A Moon Story: a tale of Astronomy, a Square-Dancer, and the Oregonian for the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing.

Monday July 21, 1969 The Oregonian published a special moon landing issue... #Apollo50th #Apollo11 @Oregonian @OPB #moon #space 1/xx

[ARCHIVED NASA Exoplanets @NASAExoplanets]

After 9 years in space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden worlds, @NASA is retiring the @NASAKepler space telescope. Hear from mission experts now at https://t.co/APevDG8HIN. Have ?s Use #askNASA. Details: https://t.co/1ceSOWhQsn

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Professor Fred Watson @StargazerFred will be at Penrith Observatory on Sat Nov 3. Bookings are essential https://t.co/HHI5LICGFp

[Alan Stern @AlanStern]

The LONG hibernation for New Horizons is ending! Yes, tonight we'll take our bird out of its almost 6-month long hibernation and into active ops to begin flyby preps for Ultima Thule at New Years day 2019! GO NEW HORIZONS! #PlutoFlyby

[Hamish Clarke @SciAtTheLocal]

Tickets now on sale! https://t.co/ihTiKFElNM

Space at the Local - an evening with spaceflight historian and science communicator extraordinaire Amy Shira Teitel @astVintageSpace , Tue 17 July at @WesternSydObs https://t.co/ZAZbTaJdmL

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Feedback for our first #schoolholiday workshop! #penrithobservatory

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Setting up for #schoolholiday workshops Penrith Library #penrithobservatory #astronomy

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

I love school holidays #rocketworkshop

[NASA @NASA]

Right on schedule, solar arrays have been deployed on @NASA_TESS, which will give the spacecraft the power it needs to search for worlds beyond our solar system. Watch: https://t.co/AabMjJGEZt #TESS

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

On its mission to explore other planets in the universe, @NASA_TESS will take a unique orbit 🛰️. Check out this video from @NASAGoddard explaining #TESS's orbit. Learn more: https://t.co/VOvyTeufln

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Scientists are simply adults who retained and nurtured their native curiosity from childhood.

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Quote of the night so far “brown dwarf star is like a sloth, live slow, die whenever”

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Fully booked tonight. Looking forward to hearing Dr Luke Bozzetto

[plutotoday @plutotoday]

Pluto's Moon Charon Gets First Official Feature Names https://t.co/UtglYXFiYr

[West Syd Observatory @WesternSydObs]

Dr Andrew McGonigle taking about volcanoes of the solar system at #penrithobservatory #astronomy