A community run Astronomical treasure in the Dandenongs.
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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.
In 2011 the site was formally taken over by our organisation and it now has a new life as a community observatory. Our aim is to preserve the facility and to use it to promote astronomy and science to the broader community.
Today is the second equinox of the year, when the Sun is directly over the Equator at noon. In astronomical terms, it is when the Sun crosses 12 hours of Right Ascension (RA) on it's journey around the ecliptic. In the graphic below you can see that this now happens among the stars of Virgo. The southern hemisphere can now look forward to having more daylight than night time. Summer is coming!
Neil has made some important improvements to his streaming setup and wants to test them out. Pop in and say hi, and watch as he shoots the night sky with his telescope!
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