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STARS ANDSCOPES
Perth Observatory337 Walnut Road, Bickley WA 6076Phone: (08) 9293 8255 Fax: (08) 9293 8138E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.perthobservatory.wa.gov.au
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Visitor ActivitiesSeptember 2010 to August 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION
Perth Observatory is your observatory. It's WA's own StateGovernment observatory, with a history that goes back more than100 years.
The original Observatory was founded in 1896, opposite where themain entrance to King's Park i s now (Fraser Ave). The Observatory
was re-located to Bickley in the mid-1960s to escape the lightpollution in Perth.
Our viewing sessions and tours are popular, so book well ahead toavoid disappointment. Bookings can be made by phoning(08)9293-8255 between 8:30am and 3:30pm, Monday to Friday.Payment must be made within 7 days. Payment by phone can be donewith Visa card or Mastercard.
To minimize inconvenience, especially on the evening sessions, pleaseaim to arrive 15 minutesearly.
Our star viewing sessions are mainly outdoor activities, so pleasedress accordingly: jeans, joggers and jumpers or jackets if it's chilly.
As you would on a camping trip.
Smoking is prohibited in the Observatory grounds.
The Observatory is part of the Department of Environment andConservation (DEC), which requires visitors to take their litter outwith them when they leave.
Star Viewing Nights proceed as scheduled even if the sky iscloudy. In this event, an alternative program will run. Visitors whocome on such a night will be given the opportunity to come again athalf price, and to come only if the sky is clear.
DISABLED ACCESS is available to some, but not all areas of theObservatory. The main administration building, housing the display
room and the lecture room, can be accessed by a wheelchair ramp atthe back of the building. In the visitors' observing area a smalltelescope can be set up on a pantograph mount for people inwheelchairs, but really only for one or two at a time. Upper bodymobility is needed. Please tell the staff about your special needs whenyou call to make your booking.
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Guided ToursDAYTIME
We can issue GIFT VOUCHERS for these items and alsofor viewing sessions - both the public sessions and our top-of-the-range private viewing sessions. Enquire too about
our Star Adoption Programme.
Tour the extensive Observatory grounds and installationswhile learning about the history of astronomy in Perth.Browse in the halls and the display area and see superbastrophotographs and astronomical paintings, meteorites,historic instruments and the famous Atlas Coelestis. Enjoy apictorial history or celestial sky show in our lecture theatre.See modern and historic telescopes.
Perth Observatory is at the end of Walnut Road in Bickley,about 25km east of Perth city. Our public viewing area is opento the sky, on a hilltop in state forest. The major telescopedomes surround the visitors' observing facility. The big LowellTelescope Building dominates (see picture opposite).
Two kinds of viewing sessions are available: pleasephone 9293 8255 to make your booking. Prices are $25full rate, and $16 for children and pensioners. Durationapproximately 90 minutes.
MOONLIT NIGHTS when the Moon is one of theobserving targets. The best detail on the lunar surface is seenaround half-moon phase. Star clusters and the brighternebulae will also be visible.
DARK SKY NIGHTS when there's no moon. The fainterobjects such as globular clusters and nebulae show up wellagainst the darker background of a moonless sky.
The Observatory day tour programme caters forgroups such as schools and service clubs. Occasionally,other visitors can be included with such a group.Enquire by phoning 9293 8255. Prices are $8 full rate,and $6 for children and pensioners.
THE OBSERVATORY SHOP sells astronomy books,posters, planispheres, almanacs, puzzles and postcards.
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