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Mount Burnett Observatory Inc. is a not-for-profit astronomical society based at Mount Burnett in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne. The Observatory was originally built in 1972 by Monash University.
MBO formally took over the site in 2011, and built it up to a thriving community observatory. Our aim is to preserve the facility and to use it to promote astronomy and science to the broader community.
MBO acknowledges that they are meeting on the lands of the Wurunjeri people and the Bunurong people of the South East Kulin nation.
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bish2019-04-06 23:11:312019-04-23 00:51:56Night Sky Podcast May 2019
The clouds are likely to spoil the view, but if it is clear where you are, or you get a gap in the clouds, have a look at the rising Moon from around 8pm as it joins bright red Mars in the eastern sky.
As the night progresses, the Moon will get closer and they'll set side by side with Mars only about four Moon diameters away by 5am.
The photo was taken when Mars was near the Moon during the total lunar eclipse in the early hours of of 27 July 2018.
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