Toowoomba's Astronomy, Stargazing and Astrophotography group

About us – Toowoomba Astronomy

Toowoomba Astronomy  – Toowoomba’s unofficial club for anyone  interested in getting more out of Astronomy, Stargazing or Astrophotography.

You can engage with Toowoomba Astronomy through our Facebook page and our group can be found here.

Down the track we look forward to hosting Public Stagazing events around Toowoomoba as well as short info sessions for newcomers just starting out.

You can find future events on our Facebook page and here.

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Toowoomba Astronomy’s goal of hosting public stargazing nights!

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Some of the ideas under consideration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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These New Technologies Could Make Interstellar Travel Real | DiscoverMagazine.com
Interstellar travel, a science fiction staple, has long been more fiction than science. A group of maverick researchers plans to change that and send humanity beyond our solar system.
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First ever direct image of a black hole!
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Here's the first-ever direct image of a black hole
There’s a big announcement about black holes being made at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. Here’s how to watch.
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BIG SUNSPOT: A new sunspot is rotating over the sun's eastern limb, and it's a big one. Numbered AR2738, the sunspot's primary dark core is big enough to swallow Earth, as shown in this image taken by amateur astronomer Giampaolo Salvato of Padova, Italy.

"I took this picture using my homemade refractor telescope and a Daystar Quantum solar filter," says Salvato. "The picture of Earth is inserted for scale."

The magnetic polarity of AR2738 identifies it as a member of old Solar Cycle 24.
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When will we return to Uranus and Neptune? Planetary scientist Amy Simon explains why a mission to the so-called ice giants is a high priority as she tells us about these mysterious, blue worlds.
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Ice Worlds, A Moon Landing and Blasting an Asteroid
When will we return to Uranus and Neptune? Planetary scientist Amy Simon explains why a mission to the so-called ice giants is a high priority as she tells us about these mysterious, blue worlds.
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Hurry...only while stocks last!!!!
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