Capturing the Cosmos
- What
- Planetarium
- When
- Terms 1 and 4, Monday to Friday
- Duration
- 45 minutes in the Planetarium
- Year level
- Years 7 to 10, VCE
- Minmum student numbers
- Minimum 15 students
- Maximum student numbers
- Maximum 150 students
- Cost
- $9 per student + education service fee
- Booking information
- Bookings 13 11 02
This planetarium show highlights current research being carried out by astronomers within Australia. New and innovative telescopes such as SkyMapper in NSW and the Murchison Wide-field Array in WA, have been designed to survey large sections of the sky. They are finding things we’ve never seen before and will help us to better understand our Universe.
Capturing the Cosmos was produced in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO
Victorian Curriculum links
Science
- Advances in scientific understanding often rely on developments in technology and technological advances are often linked to scientific discoveries (VCSSU115)
- Light can form images using the reflective feature of curved mirrors and the refractive feature of lenses, and can disperse to produce a spectrum which is part of a larger spectrum of radiation (VCSSU105)
- The Universe contains features including galaxies, stars and solar systems; the Big Bang theory can be used to explain the origin of the Universe (VCSSU129)
VCE Physics
- Unit 2: Area of Study 2
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