Welcome to the

"ASTRO VENTURES"

HOME PAGE

(http://myweb.westnet.com.au/astroventures)

Last Update on May 22, 2012.

YOU ARE NOW AT

THE OFFICIAL WEB-SITE OF

"PINGELLY HEIGHTS

PRIVATE

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY"

Pingelly,

Western Australia

To see our latest Weather Forecast

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LATITUDE: -32º 30.846' SOUTH; LONGITUDE: +117º 05.283' EAST.

ALTITUDE: 148 m, 485 ft.

Telescopes currently in use:

Meade 8", 10" and 14" Schmidt-Cassegrains,

Meade 12.5" Dobsonian Newtonian Reflector,

Celestron 4.5" Newtonian Reflector.

Meade 60mm Galilean Refractor.

Adventure Tourism Award Winners 2001,

Featured on "Postcards W.A." 2004,

ABC Television

"How the Quest was Won" 2005,

ABC Regional Radio, 2007.

Australian COUNTRY STYLE (October 2005)

THE PERTH NIGHT SKY FOR MAY 2012

“TRANSIT OF VENUS”

June 5^th & 6^th, 2012.

This unique and quite SPECTACULAR EVENT which involves the

Planet VENUS passing in FRONT of the SUN,

will occur on

Tuesday/Wednesday June 5/6, 2012.

WARNING!!!

You WILL be BLINDED by the SUN

if you attempt to

OBSERVE THIS EVENT

WITHOUT

THE APPROPRIATE TE SAFETY EQUIPMENT!

FULL DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING WEB-SITE

http://www.transitofvenus.com.au/HOME.html

Sponsored and Organized by The Surveying and Spatial Sciences industry in association with the Astronomical Association of Queensland (AAQ) is providing resources to enable strticipate in a re-enactment of a great scientific endeavour and in doing so learn valuable lessons in science, mathematics, history and geography.