BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS. MBO Astrophotography Group. For everyone who wants to learn how to capture breathtaking images of the night sky with their camera or telescope. Topic TBA Future meetings will cover a variety of topics, including: *Framing and composition of celestial objects *Choosing and using filters effectively *Camera and telescope […]
BOOKING IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE VISITS. Special Guest Speaker Dr Stuart Lyall presenting, in person. Topic: ‘Intro to Stars’ Our view into space has forever been covered by stars. But what are they? How big are they? How do they work? What do they get up to? What different types are out there? […]
BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS Join us for a Celebration of MBO's 15 Years of Astronomy! Founding members will be present along with Dignitaries. More Information to follow. All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. Please remember to book a ticket for each person who […]
BOOKING IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS. Radio Astronomy RAPS monthly meeting – All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. From 10.00a.m until 2.00p.m. in the MBO cabin, located at 420 Paternoster Road, Mount Burnett. NOTE: This is NOT a Hybrid event.
BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS Members Night at the Observatory – All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. Membership commences 0ne (1) week after initial payment is received. This ensures new members receive all communications including our weekly newsletter /weather reports etc. Prior to attending. […]
Guest speaker; George Dulledge casts light on how to start in Astro Photography ‘So, you Want to do Astro Photography' In the Beginning: The first Astro Photos were taken around 1840. It was a picture of the moon. The exposure took 10 minutes. Since then, much has changed. Astrophotography was once the realm of the […]
BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS Members Night at the Observatory – All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. Membership commences 0ne (1) week after initial payment is received. This ensures new members receive all communications including our weekly newsletter /weather reports etc. Prior to attending. […]
BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS MBO member Peter Lieverdink will do a live demonstration of how he uses siril for astrophotography stacking and processing. This includes preprocessing the data with darks, flats and biases, image quality analysis to reject the worst rubbish, colour adjustments to avoid clown makeup, star separation, and stretching […]
Introducing Dr Grace Lawrence Join us on Saturday 5th of September at 7.30 pm for a fascinating walk through Everything space featuring ‘Dark Matter’ "What’s the importance of knowing about dark matter? Dark matter and dark energy make up about 90-95 per cent of our universe. Baryonic and other components are about five percent so […]
BOOKING IS COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS. Radio Astronomy RAPS monthly meeting – All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. From 10.00a.m until 2.00p.m. in the MBO cabin, located at 420 Paternoster Road, Mount Burnett. NOTE: This is NOT a Hybrid event.
BOOKING is COMPULSORY FOR ALL ONSITE EVENTS Members Night at the Observatory- International Observe the Moon Night – All our members are welcome to come along no matter what age you are. Membership commences 0ne (1) week after initial payment is received. This ensures new members receive all communications including our weekly newsletter /weather […]