3-D SPACE THEATRE
A 3-D space theatre presentation is included with our night and day telescope viewing or cosy planetarium sessions. Bookings are not required for day visits, but are required for night visits (for visiting information, see links in the left sidebar).
The theatre shows both short films and interactive content dealing with astronomy and space exploration themes. The Observatory has developed its own unique 3-D presentations on the transit of Venus, Mars Exploration Rovers and Cassini at Saturn. The Swinburne 3-D video productions showreel (visible here in 2-D) gives you an idea of the kinds of presentations you can see in 3-D at the Sydney Observatory 3-D space theatre.
Our 3-D movies and presentations include:
After stars – 11 mins
A red supergiant star is about to end its life – but when the star explodes, will it produce a black hole or a pulsar? Join the reporter Margus, the scientist Dr Jozalin and the robot WLR-309 as they find out.
Bigger than big – 7 mins
Compare the sizes of the Moon, planets, stars and galaxies. See how the biggest stars known make our Sun look like a grain of sand.
Detective – 13 mins
Learn what it’s like in space and demonstrate the scale of the inner Solar System while trying to solve a case of a possible alien attack.
Einstein’s Universe – 9 mins
A journey into the universe Einstein envisaged almost 100 years ago. Today, modern supercomputers enable scientists to visualise the most wondrous astronomical objects, unlock their secrets and allow everyone to comprehend the natural beauty of Einstein’s Universe.
Elysium 7 – 9 mins
Hop on board the futuristic tourist ship Elysium 7 and take a 3-D journey to Mars, with surface features based on data from NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
Extreme places – 13 mins
From the indescribable heat of Venus’ surface, to the raging dust-storms of Mars and the violence of Io, experience what it takes to survive in the extremes climates of our Solar System.
