We’ve been working hard to create a social program that introduces you to the very best of Toowoomba and USQ.
We are excited to announce the first of our social events – an evening of star gazing with the USQ Astronomy Team!
We invite you and your family to join us on Monday 4 December, following the welcome reception, and become amateur astronomers for the evening.
Internationally-renowned astrobiologist and astronomer Associate Professor Jonti Horner and the Astronomy Outreach Team from the University of Southern Queensland will take you on a cosmic journey of our Solar system and beyond.
Jonti will share his knowledge of the birth of the solar system to modern day astronomical events, a tale of violence and destruction, featuring craters, comets, and even the death of the dinosaurs!
The USQ Astronomy Team will then help you to find some of the famous constellations in the night sky using both naked eye observation and telescopes, and answer any questions you might have about astronomy and our place in the Universe.
The event is open to all ASCILITE delegates and their families.
Registration is free but places are limited to 50 people, so get in quick!