On November 4th an enthusiastic group of teachers, students and families gathered at the Farm for an evening of stargazing through a professional-grade scientific telescope.
Once the sun (finally!) went down, we turned the telescope to Saturn and marvelled at its clearly visible rings and moons. A big thanks to Cael Kennet who provided the attached photo (though no image can quite capture what we viewed through the eyepiece!). From there we moved on to several star constellations and some nebulae, the vast clouds of gas and dust where stars are born.
We were joined by Sam and Sarah, our guides from the University of Melbourne, who generously shared their expertise and passion with the students, answering many technical and theoretical questions about the telescope, the universe and everything! I also want to extend a huge thank you to Peter Hardy and Jak Dunstan, whose hard work got this program off the ground and to all the parents and students who came along and made the night such a success.
Our final session for the year is already booked out but more viewing nights are planned for next year (when it gets dark a bit earlier) so stay tuned….
Sarah de Garis (Science Faculty Leader)