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November 2020
Member’s Night
Friday 20 November is our next online lockdown members night. The meeting is via ZOOM as the observatory remains closed. Speaker: Dr Rebecca Allen (Swinburne University) How to launch into space There are many ways to end up with a job in the space industry. Rebecca will relate her own journey and describe the many possible trajectories for people wanting to pursue a career beyond the final frontier. There will be time for many questions. ZOOM meeting: Â link Please note…
Find out more »Member’s Night: Annual General Meeting
Friday 27 November is our next Annual General Meeting. The meeting is via ZOOM as the observatory remains closed. Annual General Meeting ZOOM meeting: Â link Please note that you must be a current member to participate. MBO will continue to offer 18 months membership for the price of 12 whilst the observatory remains closed.
Find out more »Code Club
Learn to code in Scratch and Python with Kim and Natasha. Zoom link: here Code Club introduces computational skills to kids aged 8 – 15. MBO Code club runs every second Saturday from 7-8pm. You must be a current MBO member and have your children listed on your membership (this is free) to participate. Register for the event by emailing code.club@mbo.org.au
Find out more »December 2020
Member’s Night – Latest Astronomy News
Friday 4 December is our next online lockdown members night. The meeting is via ZOOM as the observatory remains closed. Host: Jacquie Milner, Director of Astronomy and MBO member Jacquie will be outlining what is new in astronomy and what to look out for in the night sky. ZOOM meeting: Â link Please note that you must be a current member to participate. MBO will continue to offer 18 months membership for the price of 12 whilst the observatory remains closed.
Find out more »Live Stream – A Night at the Observatory
Tune in on Friday the 11th to join the volunteers at Mount Burnett Observatory for a fourth virtual tour around the cosmos.
The event runs for an hour with time for questions afterwards.
This event is family friendly and all are welcome, no matter your level of space knowledge. We will be simulcasting on YouTube as well. Remember, this is a free event!
Member’s Night – Open Mic Event
Friday 18 December is our next online lockdown members night. This is an open mic event; all members are invited to bring their favourite astronomical image, news story or question to share. The meeting is via ZOOM as the observatory remains closed and will run on Zoom from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Speaker TBC ZOOM meeting:  link Please note that you must be a current member to participate. MBO will continue to offer 18 months membership for the…
Find out more »January 2021
Member’s Night – Open Mic Event
Friday 8 January is our next online lockdown members night. This is an open mic event; all members are invited to bring their favourite astronomical image, news story or question to share. After the meeting, Neil Creek, our resident Astrophotographer will be doing a livestream on the public MBO Facebook page. The meeting is via ZOOM as the observatory remains closed and will run on Zoom from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Speaker TBC ZOOM meeting: link Please note that…
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