| Twinstar Guesthouse Observatory's main objective is to introduce the beauty of the heavens to the guests staying at Twinstar Guesthouse through the night sky tour. The sky over Ballandean is dark and the visitors will enjoy spectacular starry skies. The Observatory has the Designated Optical Observatories Status (DO3-39). |
| Our Telescope and Dome Weather forecast for stargazers Meteorologik Institute (YR.NO) Weather forecast including hourly cloud cover forecast Weather at Ballandean Monthly rates (%) of observable nights at the Observatory Observing conditions For visual observers and astro-photographers The Night Sky in the World The map of light pollution in the world Drawings of astronomical objects |
| 3114 guests and visitors have looked through our telescope since August 2003 |
| Sirius Optics sells a wide range of telescopes and accessories. |
| The equatorial platform (tracking system) for our telescope was manufactured by Equatorial Platform, USA. |
| The 18-inch (46cm) primary mirror and secondary mirror for our telescope were manufactured by Galaxy Optics, USA. |
| Our 4.5-metre observatory dome was built by Astro Domes, Queensland |
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| Astro Pete's Cafe & Telescopes A great place to buy telescopes. Free public viewing nights every week. |
| Unique Stanthorpe accommodation TWINSTAR GUESTHOUSE & OBSERVATORY B&B with an astronomical observatory |
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| The story of a comet hunter's life The diary, observation reports, and daily experience of one of Japan's foremost comet discoverer and observer, Tsutomu Seki, at Geisei Observatory, Kochi, Japan. Asteroid (minor planet) names The asteroids bearing the names related to the Observatory 11561 Arthurpage 13933 Charleville 10078 Stanthorpe 15723 Girraween 10094 eijikato 11927 Mount Kent Privately-owned observatories open to the general public Maidenwell Observatory Springbrook Observatory Warrumbungle Observatory Mudgee Observatory |
| Twinstar Guesthouse & Observatory 28146 New England Highway (PO Box 51), Ballandean, Queensland 4382, Australia Email: twin-star@bigpond.com Phone: 07 4684 1135 |
| Unique Stanthorpe Accommodation |
| Clean & affordable B&B with an observatory |
| OzScopes is ab on-line telescope store selling a wide range of telescopes and accessories. |