Stardust Junior Astronomy Club

 

Lae Drive, Runaway Bay (Gold Coast) Ph: (07) 55817220

 

Have you ever wanted to learn about the amazing universe that you live in?

Have you ever wanted to know and find the constellations in the night sky?

Then come along to the Runaway Bay Library's newest adventure for junior's

(Aged between 6 to 12 years old)

 

 

First Thursday of each month 4.00 – 5.00pm

 

Presented by Noeleen Lowndes Southern Astronomical Society (Gold Coast)

 

 

Thursday May 31st (Special Event)
Lunar Night for Stardust Junior Club Members
6.00 – 7.00pm (weather permitting)
Telescopes will be set up to have a look at our amazing Moon just for you

 

June 7th
Come see our wonderful images of the Moon taken from the Grail spacecrafts

orbiting the Moon from NASA’s MoonKam project

 

July 5th
Topic- Amazing Saturn 
Come here all about this incredible ringed planet

 

 

 

Stardust Junior Astronomy Club (April 2012)

Our astronomy club is having a wonderful time learning all about the Solar System and keeping up to date with the exploration of the planets by the many NASA spacecrafts exploring the universe.

They have learnt all about the new Juno Mission to Jupiter and the new Curiosity Rover that will land on Mars in August. Please go to the web sites below to find out more about these amazing missions:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://www.nasa.gov/juno/
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/junoquest/

Or take an amazing Mars mission yourself at:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/participate/funzone/

We are also involved with the new Grail mission where two spacecrafts called Ebb & Flow are mapping the Moon to better understand the Moon’s gravitational characteristics, structure, and history. Our club has the opportunity to request photographs of the Moons surface so that the children can learn more about their closest celestial neighbour in space. This is a very exciting opportunity and an incredible experience for our budding astronomers at Stardust!

If you are a teacher and would like your class to be involved please go to the MoonKam web site below, but you’ll have to be quick as the mission ends in May:
https://moonkam.ucsd.edu/

Please find below some images from our latest astronomy sessions, and if you would like to come along and have some fun too…just ring the Runaway Bay Library on  (07) 55817220 to make a booking…see your there :-)

Clear skies to all….Noeleen Lowndes (Coordinator)

 

 

Photos from our Jupiter Day:
Photos 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

 

 

 

Photos from our Mars Day:
Photos 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

 

 

Photos from our Moon Day:

Photos 11 & 12

 

 

 

Lets make a Comet Day: Photos 13, 14, 15, 16  Happy Xmas from Stardust Photo 17

 

 

 

 

Stardust Junior Astronomy Club at the Runaway Bay Library (May 2011)

 

What a great success our first two sessions were for our new astronomy club, many children turned up to learn all about our amazing star the Sun, and to find out

all about the magnificent planet Saturn that is now in our evening sky. Our first session was involved with NASA’s Sun-Earth Day that is held every year to highlight our amazing Sun.  The children learnt just how powerful the Sun really is, and how all that heat and light produced by our star is so important to us here on Earth. Not only will these astronomy & space sessions be informative and enlightening for the children, they will also be lots of fun…because space is exciting, thrilling and very very amazing!!!

 

Please find below some photos from both sessions held in April & May where the children did some wonderful drawings of the Sun and the beautiful planet Saturn.

Clear skies to all our new budding astronomers…from Noeleen Lowndes (Coordinator)

 

NASA’s Saturn Observation Campaign Member in Australia