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Capturing the Cosmos

A New Era In Astronomy

All-sky astronomy is a new way of looking at the sky to better understand our Universe.

movie frameProduced in partnership with the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), this planetarium show highlights research being carried out by astronomers within Australia.

New and innovative telescopes — such as SkyMapper in New South Wales and the Murchison Wide-field Array in Western Australia — have been designed to survey large sections of the sky. They are finding things we’ve never seen before, and will help us to better understand our Universe.

English narration by award-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush.

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Running time: 26:20
Suitable for: General Public
Information about: Telescopes, radio astronomy, all-sky imaging.
Year of production: 2016