Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

Sky Guide December 2024

Sydney Observatory's monthly guide to the southern sky

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

2024

Stories

Sky Guide December 2024

Sydney Observatory's monthly guide to the southern sky

With Dr Nick Lomb, Geoffrey Wyatt and Dr Sarah Reeves

Stories

Sky Guides

Sky Guide December 2024

'The Geminids are usually one of the best meteor showers of the year. But this year there's a short window of opportunity, for the eastern states only, to view them. Early on Saturday 14 December find a dark location with a clear view to the north - sit back and watch between moonset at about 4am AEDT and the beginning of dawn at about 4:30 am AEDT.

The summer solstice occurs on 21 December this year at 8:20pm AEDT. Earth’s axial tilt tips the southern hemisphere towards the Sun with the Sun reaching its highest point in the sky around noon. During the summer solstice we experience the longest day and shortest night of the year.'

Andrew Jacob, curator and astronomer