Astronomy Down Under

Barbecues and Carnivals

7 Dec at 13:35 by Wilson

I should have mentioned this earlier, but… tomorrow (8 Dec) the Astronomical Society of Victoria promotes the 2007 Star-Be-Cue at its dark sky site in Heathcote, Victoria. The event is open to the general public; it starts at noon and officially ends at 11.30am on Sunday (but, of course, one is free to arrive and leave at any time). Arriving before sunset is much recommended. Several vendors will be around displaying products, there are prizes, Santa will be showing up, a hot dinner and cold drinks will be provided, and a beautiful starry sky is expected to make an appearance and to be on display on a number of different telescopes (weather forecast: 9 to 29°C, mostly sunny). The full program of events and instructions for finding the site are at the ASV website. $5 for members, $10 for non-members, but well worth it.

And, in the online world, Carnival of Space #32 has been posted, including an assortment of links about missions to the Moon, missions to Mars, missions to Grand Central Station in NY, sailing missions around the solar system and many other mission- and non-mission-related posts around the astrosphere.