Siding Spring Open Day

For one day of the year siding spring observatory opens its telescopes to the public.

Siding spring open day.

This years starfest will be virtual it will include the exciting virtual science in the pub and the full virtual array of starfest activities. Open day virtually from siding spring observatory in coonabarabran and mt stromlo observatory in canberra. The australian national university s research school of astronomy and astrophysics rsaa operates its research telescopes and hosts those of other institutions at this spectacular location next to the. For one day of the year siding spring observatory opens its telescopes to the public.

Saturday 3rd october we will release vitual tours from around siding spring observatory and mt stromlo. 2 00 pm 3 30pm saturday public holidays closed christmas day boxing day groups on request. There s a whole day of activities tour the telescopes hear talks by world famous astronomers in the aat dome talks designed for children in the exploratory enjoy activities for the whole family see the full program for more details see the science displays eat at the newly refurbished exploratory cafe or grab a sausage sizzle on the way around the observatory and much much more. 10 30am 12 00pm thursday.

Siding spring observatory sso on the edge of the warrumbungle national park near coonabarabran nsw is australia s premier optical and infrared astronomical observatory. Tours of where we work and what we do there s tours from a wide variety of telescopes. Hear talks by world famous astronomers. In 1990 the earth satellite tracking facility of the royal greenwich observatory was closed down after 10 years of operation.

Siding spring observatory sso on the edge of the warrumbungle national park near coonabarabran nsw is australia s premier optical and infrared astronomical observatory. Tour the aat with fred watson. The siding spring observatory is only open to visitors during the day but at the milroy and warrumbungle observatories in nearby coonabarabran there are powerful telescopes and experts will guide. Siding spring observatory also houses many telescopes from institutions across the world including korea america the uk poland hungary germany and russia.

History and overview of siding spring mountain. Starfest is held on the nsw labor day weekend october long weekend each year extravaganza of events hosted by siding spring observatory over a friday and saturday. It s your chance to take a closer look at the operations of australia s largest optical telescope site. For one day of the year siding spring observatory opens its telescopes to the public.