The Astronomy and Science Centre, located at Victoria Park, top end of Piper Street, East Tamworth (see map below), is open to TRAC members and the public at the following times:
Admission to the Centre is $5.00 per adult, school students and TRAC members free.
For enquiries about group bookings and other session times, please email or telephone the Club - click here for contact details.
Interactive displays including telescopes, minerals and mega-fauna, kiddies table, planetarium theatre and much more! Telescope viewings are subject to weather conditions. Please note that COVID-19 rules apply in accordance with current NSW Government regulations.
- Saturdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm for inspections of displays, including solar telescope viewings.
- Thursday evenings from 5:00 pm for our working group meetings, including telescope viewings. Every third Thursday of the month is a 'Tech Night' with a focus on a particular topic.
- The first Saturday of each month (apart from January) for TRAC's Full Event Nights from 6:00 pm The next will be held on Saturday, 7 September 2024. 6.00 pm - Social: tea/coffee/biscuits/drinks (token charges). 7.00 pm - Astronomy Presentation, 8.00 pm Telescope Viewing (weather cooperating!). We'll have optical viewing telescopes and the 34 in Hewitt Camera looking at Galaxies, Nebula, Clusters, Comets etc. Don't forget to bring a warm jacket!
- Every third Sunday of the month from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm along with the Tamworth and District Model Engineers miniature railway public running days.
Admission to the Centre is $5.00 per adult, school students and TRAC members free.
For enquiries about group bookings and other session times, please email or telephone the Club - click here for contact details.
Interactive displays including telescopes, minerals and mega-fauna, kiddies table, planetarium theatre and much more! Telescope viewings are subject to weather conditions. Please note that COVID-19 rules apply in accordance with current NSW Government regulations.
