Australia's largest planetarium gets first use in moon landing party

Sally Gall
Updated July 23 2019 - 9:32pm, first published July 21 2019 - 5:00pm
Scientists from along Australia's east coast - Jake Clark, USQ, Toowoomba; Sadegh Imani and Erik Streed, Griffith University, Brisbane; Jyotsna Batra, QUT, Brisbane; Nathaniel Butterworth, University of Sydney, NSW, and Duane Hamacher, Melbourne University, Vic - had crowds enthralled all weekend at the Cosmos Centre. Pictures - Sally Cripps.
Scientists from along Australia's east coast - Jake Clark, USQ, Toowoomba; Sadegh Imani and Erik Streed, Griffith University, Brisbane; Jyotsna Batra, QUT, Brisbane; Nathaniel Butterworth, University of Sydney, NSW, and Duane Hamacher, Melbourne University, Vic - had crowds enthralled all weekend at the Cosmos Centre. Pictures - Sally Cripps.

Although not yet open, the planetarium at Charleville's Cosmos Centre revealed its star potential at the observatory's astronomical 50th anniversary moon landing party on the weekend.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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