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Some more associated info.
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DAY 9 – Sunday 12th April
THE UNIVERSE – YOURS TO DISCOVER
Time: 1.00pm – 5.00pm.
(30 minutes duration – screen presentation and telescope viewing).
Place: Astronomical Observatory,
(Rotary Park overlooking Town Beach)
Stewart Street, Port Macquarie.
Cost: Gold coin donation.
Enquiries: Phone 6585 5254.
The first astronomical sightings in Port Macquarie were of the Great Comet of 1843, recorded by Annabella Boswell at Innes House. The local name Transit
Hill, recalls the 1882 observation site of William MacDonnell to view the transit of Venus.
Come and enjoy a wonderful presentation and telescope viewing of space at our Observatory which was opened in 1965 by Government Astronomer
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