Astronomy blogs, courses and other Sydney Observatory resources

ASTRONOMY AND OTHER SYDNEY OBSERVATORY RESOURCES

Observations blog
Observations - our astronomy blog - run by Sydney Observatory’s astronomy experts, with sections on astronomical sightings, amateur astronomical groups, and all manner of astronomical activity in Australia and overseas

Adult astronomy courses - a variety of illuminating courses engagingly presented by astronomy experts such as Dr Paul Payne

Monthly night sky guide blog – information as audio guide and transcript with sky map helping you to find the highlights of this month’s southern sky

Historical letters blog – a daily blog from 5 June 2008 (Sydney Observatory’s 150th anniversary) to 4 June 2009 revealing letters dated from 1858 to 1903 provides a glimpse of Sydney Observatory’s prominent place as a centre of scientific study in the colony of New South Wales, and the character of its Government Astronomers.

Video – this is a new section which will build over time. Currently it has video of a talk on pulsars held at Sydney Observatory in December 2008, presented by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell who discovered pulsars in 1967, and Dr George Hobbs from the Australia Telescope National Facility.

Solar system guide – information about the Sun, planets, asteroids, meteoroids, meteorites and comets in our Solar System.

Upcoming sky events – information about upcoming major astronomical events, such as eclipses.

Flag decoder – make your own flag decoder with our downloadable and printable templates so that you can understand the messages conveyed by the flags atop Observatory Hill.