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439 Cobden Street
Mount Pleasant, Victoria 3350 Australia Get Directions
03 5332 7526
http://observatory.ballarat.net/
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Ballarat International Foto Biennale to the Moon and Back @ The Ballarat Municipal Observatory

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum 439 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant, Victoria, Australia

To the Moon and Back takes visitors on an educational and inspirational trip to the moon, where visitors can participate in creative moon themed sun-print and light-box activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing.   The Ballarat International Foto Biennale presents two weekends of free activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of…

Free

Apollo 11 Archive Producer Stephen Slater in Conversation

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum 439 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant, Victoria, Australia

One evening in May 2017, Stephen Slater got an unusual email from the US National Archives. NASA had left a trove of untouched Apollo 11 specific film reels sitting in cold storage, the message read. And he could access them. Slater, an archival producer and self-confessed space nerd, was “stunned.” He was at his home…

$10 – $25

Scinema at Ballarat Observatory

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum 439 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant, Victoria, Australia

SCINEMA Science Film Festival community screening – see the best science films from the past year. The SCINEMA International Science Film Festival is the largest science film festival in the southern hemisphere; celebrating the power of moving image to tell stories about the world, how it works and our place in it.

Free

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Forced landing on Mars

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum 439 Cobden Street, Mount Pleasant, Victoria, Australia

Survival on Mars – what would your priorities be? Bring your entry along to the Ballarat Observatory from 17 July to 18 August to go into the draw to win a 25 cm Dobsonian telescope. View Mars in the telescopes and more.

$10 – $55
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