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Telescope & Night Sky Viewing , Remote Observatory Hosting.
841 Timor Road, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia.
Warrumbungle Observatory is located under protected dark skies near Siding Spring Observatory, Australia's Premier Optical Observatory.
TELESCOPE & NIGHT SKY VIEWING
NEW 20 Inch Telescope
7:00pm
Numbers are limited so bookings are essential
Phone 0488 425 112
Email starr_peter@hotmail.com
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Photographs by Visitors at our Viewing Nights,
School Groups - Mobile Telescope Service
Bus Tour Groups - Mobile Telescope Service
Astronomy For Beginners Workshop
Remote Observatory Hosting
Accommodation
Items for Sale
Astrophotography
This picture of the Galaxy NGC 2997, 55 million light years away taken by yours truly with the 20" Telescope. Bring your Canon SLR camera to one of our shows and try for yourself.
Photometry - Variable Stars
Weather - Current Conditions & Forecasts
ASTRO NEWS

Transit of Venus can be viewed from the telescopes at Warrumbungle Observatory on the 6th of June. This extremely rare event starts at 8:16am and concludes at 2:44pm.


Saturn visible in the later evening sky. Rings and moons are clearly visible




Mark this day in history, 21st Dec 2011 - Announcement of the first Earth size planet around another star


APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day. Marco Lorenzi captured this image from Warumbungle Observatory remotely from Shanghai, China. It was posted on the NASA website Astronomy Picture of the day on 28/7/11. He was also awarded Deep Space Astrophotographer of the year from The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, presented by Sir Patrick Moore
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110728.html



APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day. Angus Lau captured this image from Warumbungle Observatory remotely from Hong Kong. It was posted on the NASA website Astronomy Picture of the day on 20/12/11
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Extra solar planet observed at Warrumbungle Observatory.
http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1325898648< Total Eclipse of the Sun visible from Northern Australia, 15th Nov 2012


For News and Events at Siding Spring Observatory including Site Tours http://sidingspring.blogspot.com/
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Wednesday 16/05/12, 
Min: -3 Deg C   Max: 12 Deg Deg C
Rain: 0 mm  
Night Sky:    Clear

Forecast
Monday           21/05        Cloudy
Tuesday           22/05        Cloudy
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Thursday         17/05        Clear
Friday              18/05       Clear
Saturday          19/05        Clear
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