Fauna & Firmament Under the Stars

Tours Discover Nocturnal Wildlife and the Amazing Universe The Ballarat Observatory and Golden Nugget Discovery Tours have come together to give you an unforgettable bush and night time experience. Start time is 1 hour before sunset from the Observatory. We care for our Environment and Planet Earth. As the sun sets, the Australian bush at […]

AstroKids! Sunny Fun

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

Learning about our closest star has never been this fun! Through interactive activities, an AstroTour Movie and talks by an astronomer the whole family can learn about the layers and life cycle of the Sun. Weather permitting, you’ll also get to observe the sun safely.  

AstroKids! Eyes on the Universe: what can we see?

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

This AstroKids session is designed as an introduction for families to learn together about the different types of objects we see in space from  comets to galaxies and how telescopes (our eyes to the universe) work. You’ll Listen to educational talks, watch informative demonstrations and learn by doing with our hands on activities.   Note: […]

AstroKids! Cosmic Fairy Lights

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

This holiday season learn about the fairy lights of the cosmos, all those twinkling stars in the sky.  There'll be craft, an astronomy talk, fun hands on learning and time to ask all your questions. Two sessions only Sat 21st December: 6.30pm-8.00pm Tues 24th December: 6.30pm-8.00pm

Summer School Holidays 2025: How Mars-vellous

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

Mars, the Mars-vellous red planet (see what we did there?) is as far as we know entirely inhabited by rovers and other robotic instruments. Mars will be reach opposition during January 2025 and be at it closest approach this orbit. What do we know about Mars? and what questions do we still have? Find out […]

Thursday Nights – Summer 24/25

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

Thursdays in January 2025 8:45pm-10.30pm Thursday nights have a later session and these nights are available for Public Bookings. Experience a guided tour of the historic observatory buildings then view Jupiter and Saturn and other Stellar Objects with our telescopes. If too cloudy for viewing a virtual night sky tour will follow or you can […]

AstroKids! Stellar Besties

Ballarat Observatory 439 Cobden St, Mount Pleasant

In this valentines themed AstroKids, you’ll explore the wonderful world of binary stars, star systems unlike ours own single star system that have two stars orbiting around one another. Of everything in the cosmos they are most definitely BFFL. You’ll get to explore concepts such as gravity, orbits, telescope resolution. To finish off the program […]

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