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Observatory Night

Setup your own telescope NW of the dome or come in and use our Celestron C14. PIN for the boom gate is in the online booking sheet

Monthly Meeting

Duffield Lecture Theatre Duffield Building, Mt Stromlo

The speaker for tonight will be our own Sean Ashton, who has been working on the data from the Vera Rubin telescope and has some great visualisations of what the scope has been detecting.

Lunar Exclipse Public Viewing

A free public viewing of a total lunar eclipse will be held on the front lawn of Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, from 8:50 pm to 11:00 pm. Partnering with Dr. Brad Tucker and the Canberra Astronomical Society, the event features telescopes for viewing the "Blood Moon" during the Enlighten … Continue reading Lunar Exclipse Public Viewing →