MBO was honoured to have the first PhD student to graduate from the observatory back when Monash University ran it, Dr Len Halprin, come back and pay a visit - with his current students from Sandringham College. "It's like coming full circle,"…
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The Outreach team had a massive month of events in August 2019. Nearly half the month had something on! We did:
7 scout groups
2 interest groups (adults)
1 private booking
1 Public Viewing night
1 Fashion shoot
1 Film shoot…
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The seasons are changing here on Earth as we approach the September Equinox, but have you ever considered that other planets might have seasons? Or not? And which ones? Did you know seasons on Uranus last 21 years? These were all thing that…
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A damp start to the evening turned into a wet night so we weren’t able to get any telescopes out this month. Instead we learnt about Voyager 2’s flyby of Neptune, as it will the 30th anniversary of that on the 25th of August, and it was…
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The sky was clear on a Young Observers night for the first time since April so we celebrated by opening the Monash dome and pointing the big 18” telescope at Jupiter and Saturn for everyone to enjoy. We also learnt about the Apollo mission…
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Dianne Luc
Committee, Committee 2011-12, Committee 2012-13, Committee 2013-14, Committee 2014-15Perry Vlahos
Committee, Committee 2011-12, Committee 2012-13, Committee 2013-14, Committee 2014-15, Committee 2015-16, Committee 2016-17Ken Beard
Committee, Committee 2011-12, Committee 2012-13, Committee 2013-14, Committee 2014-15, Committee 2015-16, Committee 2016-17, Committee 2017-18Kim Steere
Committee, Committee 2019-20Stuart Lyall
Committee, Committee 2019-20Past student revisits MBO – and brings his students!
Outreach TeamOutreach Team Finishes a Huge August Program
Outreach Team, Special EventsSaturday 7th September 2019 – Young Observers
Young Observers GroupSaturday 3rd August 2019 – Young Observers
Young Observers GroupSaturday 6th July 2019 – Young Observers
Young Observers Group