Public Information

Visit us

• What’s on at Mount Stromlo?
• Download a walking guide for Mount Stromlo Observatory (PDF, approx. 370K, requires Acrobat Reader)
• Download more information about MSO walking tour sites (PDF, approx. 1.8M, requires Acrobat Reader)
• Siding Spring Visitors Centre in the Warrumbungles, near Coonabarabran, also offers hands-on exhibits and tours.

Pictures

• Visit our Image Gallery!

History

• Buy the book! "Stromlo: An Australian Observatory"
• 18 January 2003 bushfire/firestorm
• A short history of the School's observatories
• Name change: MSSSO becomes RSAA
• MSO 75th anniversary, Nov 1999

Art

• Art brings the Universe to Mt Stromlo.
  A 12 metre diameter map of the Universe was installed at Mt Stromlo Observatory,
  for the last weekend of February 2005, in a work created for the site by ANU art student Ruth Watson.
• Stromlo Orrery Project: constructing sculptures from fire damaged telescope parts.
  Work by artist Tim Wetherell is being sponsored by The National Institute of Physical Sciences.

Other Information

• Sun, Moon, Planets Rise and Set times
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Visit the lists of adopted stars.

Amateur Astronomy Societies and Clubs

If you want to become involved in astronomy or look through a telescope, the best way is to contact your local astronomy club.

• Follow the Amateur Astronomy links at this site to find a club near you.
• In Canberra, contact the Canberra Astronomical Society