Starlight

For thousands of years, we have looked to the stars in awe and wonder. Their mysteries have inspired curiosity across all cultures and civilisations. This beautiful Planetarium show explores stars and what we can learn from their light.

Narrated by multi-award-winning Australian actress, Sigrid Thornton, this show is aligned to the physics and earth and space sciences curriculum for secondary school students.

Students will experience

• A fulldome experience in reclining seats.
• A story told through the eyes of Margaret, as she steps back in time to relive childhood fears of the dark.
• Artful depictions of the layers and inner workings of our local star, the Sun.
• Stunning visualisations of being inside a supernova and drifting through a stellar nursery.
• Exploration of physics concepts related to light, heat and astronomy
• Some of the historical and cultural significance of the stars, sun and constellations.
• A 10-minute live guided tour of the night sky.

Students will learn

• That the Sun is a star, and how scientists were able to test this hypothesis historically.
• That the Sun and constellations have had different meanings across cultures throughout history.
• That we can use the light from distant stars to understand what elements are present.
• That the heat inside the Sun transfers through convection currents, and that new elements are formed inside the hot cores of suns.