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Brisbane Astronomical Society BAS is a friendly and motivated group of amateur astronomers covering a broad range of astronomical interests.

We welcome beginners taking their first steps to exploring the skies and seasoned amateurs alike. Our members enjoy and share observing and imaging, organising public viewing events and school nights. Some even take part in international research projects or discover supernovas or variable stars.

13/10/2026

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Public Stargazing on Saturday 17th will not proceed due to weather forecast of rain and possible thunderstorms.

Our tentative date for our next public night is Saturday November 14th.

13/10/2026

Another month, another apology. Our public telescope night planned for Witton Barracks this Sunday, October 18th, is CANCELLED. Enjoy the rain instead.

10/10/2026

CANCELLED! Our apologies. The public telescope night planned for this evening, Saturday October 10th, at the Maleny Golf Club, has been cancelled due to poor weather. We will try again on November 14th.

06/10/2026

University of Melbourne researchers are very keen to obtain estimates of light pollution across south-east Queensland, and Brisbane in particular. You can assist in a simple citizen science task.
The next evening your night sky is clear, please head outside with your phone and go to the website https://globeatnight.org/ Using the maps provided by the website, please attempt to find the listed constellations. Then match the stars you can see with one of the maps provided for each constellation. This will provide researchers with data indicating what proportion of the night sky wonders above have been denied you due to light pollution. Please repeat this task on a regular basis. The more data we can contribute, the more power we will have to influence urban infrastructure policy.

06/10/2026

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Public Stargazing update
Maleny Saturday October 10th.
At this stage cloud report does not look good.
We will make a decision on Thursday evening and announce it here.
If it is a maybe, then tickets will go on sale on Thursday evening sometime around 7 pm. Full details on what when how etc .will also come out. (Expecting a 6:30pm start on Saturday). Tickets will be $10 individuals and $20 for families.
IF we eventually decide to cancel, we will refund your money.
If we go ahead and you change your mind, we thank you for your donation.
It is difficult with the vagaries of the weather this year and believe this is the fairest solution so you know when the tickets will be available.

04/10/2026

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Public Stargazing Maleny.
We are still aiming for Saturday October 10th for our next public night. We have Saturday October 17th as a backup.
Weather looks OK but with cloudy days all around we will not be making a decision till Thursday earliest.
We will update here regarding tickets mid week.

Lagoon Nebula courtesy Dr Paul Baker

19/09/2026

Apologies to everyone. We have had to cancel our telescope night planned for tonight, Sept 20, at Witton Barracks. More apologies.

16/09/2026

September 19th is NOT a public night at Maleny but........
October dates 2026
Saturday October 3 Brisbane Astronomical Society (BAS) members and their invited guests.
Saturday October 10 Public stargazing night. We will keep updating as it draws near.
Saturday October 17 backup night if 10th is cancelled by weather.
If you really enjoyed yourself last time, consider joining BAS and join us on more nights. No equipment or knowledge necessary, just curiosity.

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As a member you will share your interest, and to learn from, many other keen amateur astronomers extending from the Southern Downs to the Sunshine Coast, and beyond. You can join fellow members at a wide range of member-only and public astronomy events held at our Warwick, Calvert and Maleny venues....

03/09/2026

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We did not expect this.
We put the ticket sup late last evening and have already sold out!
We would love to have more people but can only cope with so many.
Apologies to those who missed out. We will do this again as soon as we can.

Weather forecast is good. Might be a little bit of cloud but we can work around that.

IMPORTANT NOTE.
AS IT HAPPENS THERE IS A WEDDING AT PATTERMORE HOUSE THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

So no parking in Pattermore house northern paddock.

Maleny Rotary personnel will direct you as per the map. We will not be allowing cars to go past the front entrance to the golf club. We were only informed about this on Tuesday and doing the best we can.

Please be respectful of the wedding and quietly enter and exit by the golf club driveway on foot. Only exceptions will be for astronomers bringing in their telescopes earlier in the afternoon and those with disabilities.

01/09/2026

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Brisbane, QLD
4051

Website

http://www.bas.asn.au/

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