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Astro
Tours of the Kimberley
Astro
Tours provides guided tours of the night sky from the
exotic pearling town of Broome in Western Australia's
far north. They also conduct outback stargazing adventures
of the surrounding Kimberley bush. During the "Big
Wet" (January to March) Astro Tours operates a
summer program in the state's South West.
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Astro
Ventures
Astro
Ventures operates from the dark country skies at Pingelly,
a pleasant one and a half hour drive from Perth via
the Brookton Highway. Pingelly Heights Observatory experienced
hosts offer a varied program including a range of audio-visual
presentations as well as night sky tours. Daytime tours
of the observatory are also available.
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Australian
International Gravitational Observatory
The
Australian International Gravitational Observatory is
situated in the pristine banksia bushland of Wallingup
Plain near Gingin, 85km north of Perth. The faciltiy
will soon incorporate a Gravity
Discovery Centre. AIGO is an initiative of the University
of Western Australia and the Australian Consortium for
Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy (ACIGA).
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Learmonth
Solar Observatory
The
Learmonth Solar Observatory is the site of one of six
solar velocity imagers in the world-wide GONG (Global
Oscillation Network Group) network operated by NOAO
(U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatories). It
is jointly operated by IPS Radio and Space Services
and by the US Air Force.
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Perth
Astronomy Research Group (PARG)
PARG
promotes astronomical research in the Perth region.
Its members include representatives from Perth Observatory,
the University of Western Australia, Curtin University,
Murdoch University, Edith Cowan University and the Astronomical
Society of Western Australia.
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Perth
Observatory
Perth
Observatory is located some 25km east of the city at
the head of the picturesque Bickley Valley in the Darling
Scarp. Now the sole remaining fully operational State
observatory in Australia, the observatory fulfills a
vital role in providing astronomical services to the
State of Western Australia as well as maintaining a
major emphasis on scientific research.
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Horizon
– The Planetarium and Scitech Discovery Centre
Horizon
and Scitech are located at the CityWest retail centre
on the doorstep of Perth's CBD. This state-of-the-art
theatre, opened in April 2004 is the largest planetarium
in Australasia. Daily sessions at Horizon last for 40
minutes and consist of HORIZON LIVE! and a digital,
full dome space show. After you’ve seen a dome
screen, everything else looks flat! For those people
in the country Scitech's traveling roadshow includes
a portable space dome
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Southern
Cross Cosmos Centre
The
Southern Cross Cosmos Centre is a commercial observatory
operating in conjunction with the AIGO
near the town of Gingin. Regular tours operate six months
of the year, with other times available by arrangement.
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SPACETIME astronomy.
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SPACETIME astronomy is a West Australian company dedicated to bringing science and astronomy based services to schools and communities across WA. The Cosmodome mobile planetarium is our central service and is complemented by our night sky and solar observatories. |
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This page was last updated on
10 January, 2008
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