Siding Springs Open Day

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.

Siding springs open day.

Saturday 3rd october we will release vitual tours from around siding spring observatory and mt stromlo. You can get up close and personal with the telescopes instruments astronomers and engineers at sso. Tours of where we work and what we do there s tours from a wide variety of telescopes. It s your chance to take a closer look at the operations of australia s largest optical telescope site.

10 30am 12 00pm thursday. The weekend features science in the pub open day and the bok lecture. For one day of the year siding spring observatory opens its telescopes to the public. Open day virtually from siding spring observatory in coonabarabran and mt stromlo observatory in canberra.

For one day of the year siding spring observatory opens its telescopes to the public. Hear talks by world famous astronomers. Tour the telescopes with anu staff. It s your chance to take a closer look at the operations of australia s largest optical telescope site tour the telescopes with anu staff.

Watch 3d films in the exploratory centre and see science displays in. During the nsw labour day long weekend october siding spring observatory sso opens its doors to the general public. Siding spring observatory sso on the edge of the warrumbungle national park near coonabarabran nsw is australia s premier optical and infrared astronomical observatory. 2 00 pm 3 30pm saturday public holidays closed christmas day boxing day groups on request.

This years starfest will be virtual it will include the exciting virtual science in the pub and the full virtual array of starfest activities.