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Friday 26th April
Autumn is open cluster round-up time in our skies and Perry Vlahos will give us an illustrated presentation on where the best ones live and how to find them in our skies. This will be followed by a practical demonstration with laser pointer in the real sky and then all the MBO telescopes will be trained on them, to see what all the fuss is about. You’ve heard of some of them before like the Jewel Box and the Pleiades, but what about the Snail Shell Cluster, the Pincushion, the Pyramid, the Winklepicker and the Beehive?! All these plus more will be explored with our telescopes; forget the reruns of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, get off of the couch and get to MBO, because astronomers know everybody really loves clusters! Oh and bonus points for spotting the fake cluster.
As always, supper is provided and everybody is welcome. Members’ Night is on every Friday commencing at 8pm
Mount Burnett Young Observers
Mount Burnett Young Observers will hold its second meeting Saturday the 18th of May from 6:00 - 8:00pm at the telescope. Young Observer nights are dedicated sessions for members and visitors under the age of 18. These nights are free for members and $5 for non-members. The topic for the night is "How to Train a Dragon" or rather "How to Train a Telescope on Your Favourite Astronomical Object". Those wishing to attend should first ring James Murray on 0409703929 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .