Blog - Fireballs in the Sky

05 Mar Travelling exhibits off to their first community libraries

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[caption id="attachment_1298" align="alignright" width="225"] Exhibits packed and ready to go![/caption] Our graphic exhibit was built with the help of Scitech in Perth and has since travelled to the Australian Museum in Sydney, the Kalgoorlie Town Hall and has also had a stint in the Western Australian...

06 Feb Watch a DFN camera being built

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While Jimmy and Martin C were out installing cameras in South Australia they put together this little video to show us how it's done. Watch a DFN camera being built in a day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HS7f3Svx4M It was an all day job, about 5 - 6 hours of working in...

02 Feb App now helps you find Meteor Showers

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[caption id="attachment_1258" align="alignright" width="235"] Version 1.3.0 of the Fireballs in the Sky app includes a meteor shower "pointer"[/caption] Your best chance of seeing a meteor is by star gazing when there's a meteor shower. With today's much-anticipated app update, you can now use Fireballs in the...

23 Jan Astronomy festivals in Perth

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[caption id="attachment_1230" align="alignleft" width="178"] Astrofest at CurtinCredit: Astronomy WA Astrofest[/caption] We're excited to be a part of what's soon becoming the Perth season of astronomy festivals! Astrofest, which has been going since the International Year of Astronomy (2009) comes back again on Saturday March 28th at Curtin...

12 Dec Teachers get hands-on with Fireballs!

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Teachers and lab technicians had some fun and got hands on with Fireballs at the Science Teachers' Association of Western Australia STAWA Future Science conference last week. [caption id="attachment_1153" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Getting busy at the Future Science STAWA conference 2014[/caption] Over 60 heard from team leader, Phil during...

08 Dec This weekend: Geminids!

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The Geminids are set to be a great show on the weekend. For more, check out "Everything you need to know" by EarthSky: http://earthsky.org/space/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower [caption id="attachment_1111" align="alignnone" width="300"] Geminid Meteor captured by Mike O'Neal, courtesy EartSky.org[/caption] ...