Stardust Junior Astronomy Club Dates and Topics, February to April 2019 

~ Have you ever wanted to learn about the amazing universe that you live in ~
Then come along to Runaway Bay Library’s astronomy club for juniors
(Aged between 6 to 12 years old) 

Presented by Noeleen Lowndes (Life Member)
 Southern Astronomical Society (Gold Coast) http://sas.org.au

~ Send Your Name to Mars on NASA’s new Mars 2020 mission ~
https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover is heading to the Red Planet. Submit your name by Sept. 30, 2019, 11:59 p.m. ET, and fly along!

~ Happy New Year to all our Stardust kids and families ~
​Astro dates for 2019

 Thursday 7th February 2019
Topic – Our Amazing Solar System
There are so many incredible spacecraft exploring our Solar System
Come along to the library to hear all about them :-)
 
Thursday 7th March 2019
Topic – How to find your way around the Night Sky
Noeleen will show you how to discover wonderful space objects up in the sky
From your own backyard.
 
Thursday 4th April 2019
~ Starlight Party ~
Stardust Junior Astronomy Club celebrates 8th Birthday…WooHoo!!!
Please bring along some food to share in the shape of a Stars :-)
 
Did you know that Stars are all different colours…I wonder why?
Lets find out at our Starlight Party

Thursday 2nd May 2019
No Stardust Club today, Noeleen will be away overseas
Taking photos of the Arabian night skies :-)
 
Thursday 6th June 2019
Topic – Black Holes
Black holes are the strangest objects in the Universe
Come along to the library to find out all about them!

Thursday 4th July 2019
Topic - Footsteps on the Moon
This month we celebrate 50 years since man first walked
On the surface of the Moon
Come along to the library to hear all about it :-)
 
Thursday 1st August 2019
Topic – WOW! A Helicopter on Mars?
How exciting the new Mars2020 mission will have a helicopter on board
How are they going to get it there…and what’s it going to discover!
 
Thursday 5th September 2019
Topic –Space Travel
Lets go on a visit to space…Woohoo!!!

Stardust dates to April 2019

~ Stardust Dates to June 2019 ~

~ Stardust Dates to September 2019 ~

~ Stardust Junior Astronomy Club's *STAR* Christmas Party 6th December 2018 ~

The Runaway Bay Library 'Stardust Club' is out of this world "FUN"

Fraser Smith is a *Star* at the Stardust Junior Astronomy Club 

It was a very exciting time late last month when the media contacted us for a story on the Super, Blue, Blood Moon to go into the newspapers. Chris Honnery a reporter from the Courier Mail contacted both Jenny and myself to do a story but he wanted to have a child with a telescope in the article.
Credit: Article by Chris Honnery from the Courier Mail (Brisbane)
 
In comes our star Fraser, who’s one of the Stardust children from my astronomy club at the Runaway Library, Fraser’s mum Bronwyn is one of our new members at SAS and she was very happy to give permission for her son to be in the article about this special lunar eclipse.
 
The whole process had to be done in just a couple of hours to meet the deadline for the paper, so Jenny quickly set up her telescope at her place and Julie supplied the SAS t-shirt (Yay!) with Bronwyn providing our budding junior astronomer ‘Fraser’…so great team work everyone!
 
At our Stardust astronomy session at the library on the 1st February, Fraser proudly showed off his picture that was in the newspaper and told the other children all about it, so now you are a little star Fraser :-)

~ Stardust Dates February to May 2018 ~

~ Stardust Dates June to August 2018

~ Stardust Dates to December 2018 ~

~ Stardust Junior Astronomy Club's Alien Christmas Party December 2017 ~

~ Goodbye to the Cassini Spacecraft ~

Please find below some lovely drawings that the children did from the Stardust Junior Astronomy Club to say Good-bye to this very special little spacecraft.
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We loved all your pictures and discoveries that you made, thank you NASA, ESA and the Italian Space Agency for making such a wonderful mission for humankind : -)

Please credit the drawings to the children, thank you, Noeleen Lowndes :-)

~ Stardust Dates May - August 2017 ~

~ Stardust Dates October - December 2017 ~

~ Stardust Clubs 'Star Wars' 6th Birthday Party at the Runaway Bay Library ~

~ Stardust Dates March to May 2017 ~

~ Stardust Alien Day ~

~ Stardust Dates from June to August 2016 ~

~ Stardust Dates Dec 2016 to Feb 2017 ~

~ Stardust Dates Aug to Nov 2016 ~

Gold Coast City Libraries - Calendar of Events - August to September 2015
~ Stardust Junior Astronomy Club ~
https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/library/default.html

~ Stardust 5th Birthday ~

~ Dates from Aug 2015 - Oct 2015 ~

~ Dates from Nov 2015 - Feb 2016 ~

~ Stardust Dates from March to May 2016 ~

~ We love little Pluto ~

~ New Horizons Arrives at Pluto on the 14th July 2015...Woohoo! ~

~ Stardust 4th Birthday Party April 2015 ~

~ Stardust Junior Astronomy Club Dates and Topics for 2014 ~

                                                                                      ~ Stardust Junior Astronomy Club ~

The Stardust Junior Astronomy Club has just celebrated its 3rd Birthday on the 3rd April 2014 where everyone enjoyed learning all about those incredible Black Holes. Please see more about the day in my Blog at:
http://www.mystardustobservatory.com/astro-blog/-stardust-junior-astronomy-club-celebrates-3rd-birthday

The Stardust club is all about the children having fun learning about astronomy and space and the sessions are held on the first Thursday of the month at the Runaway Bay Library on the Gold Coast...so come along and find out all about the wonders of your night sky :-)

~ Stardust celebrates NASA’s Sun-Earth Day 2013 ~ Learning all about our mighty star the Sun