Image is from “A grazing encounter between two spiral galaxies – In the direction of the constellation Canis Major, two spiral galaxies pass by each other like majestic ships in the night. The near-collision has been caught in images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and its Wide Field Planetary Camera 2.
Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI)
Katrina Christian’s Astronomy 2005 Project – a Year 6 School Project.
Want to learn about the Aussie contribution to Astronomy & Space? Need some help with homework or a school project on Space?
Want to find about Astronomy or Space as a Hobby or Career?
Find out where to download some really great Space photos? Or just want to play a Space game?
You can find it all and heaps more on your own Journey through Space here on Katrina Christian’s Year 6 2005 Astronomy Project.
Awsome Space Web Resources
- More great space photos at ESA Hubble
- Another former TIGS student Meganne Christian now in the European Space Agency Program (no relation to Katrina!) – Region Illawarra – TIGS Showcase
- Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg; the Governor-General of Australia Sam Mostyn AC; Enrico Palermo, head of the Australian Space Agency; and NSW Minister for Industry and Trade Anoulack Chanthivong. Photo: Australian Space Agency – Australian Space Agency – Careers in Space
- Space4Women
- Aboriginal Astronomy – The Planets – AIATSIS – “Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been observing the skies for millennia. It is where ancestral beings exist and observe. It is both a map and guide to navigation, seasons and cultural practice.” –
Image – Crab Nebula – NSA Hubble Images – Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, William Blair (JHU); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Space Photos – Learn more about the Crab Nebula.
- Australian Space Milestones
- National Museum of Australia – Sky Stories – lots of info!
- New Scientist Space Page
- Careers in Astronomy
a black and white photo of the moon – Texture Source NASA Landscape Dimensions 7000X4500 – Published at Unsplash+ on June 9, 2023 Licensed under the Unsplash+ License
- Space Activities / Games for Kids
- Non Aussie Astronomy
- Aussie Science Centres & Planetariums
- UOW Science Space (Wollongong, NSW)
- Questacon (Canberra, ACT)
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (Tidbinbilla, ACT)
- Powerhouse Museum (Sydney, NSW)
- TwistED Science (Echuca, VIC)
- Discovery Science and Technology Centre (Bendigo, VIC)
- SparkLab, ScienCentre (Brisbane QLD)
- Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Mt Coot – ha QLD)
- Australian Space Discovery Centre (Adelaide, SA)
- Adelaide Planetarium (Mawson Lakes SA)
- Scitech (Perth, WA)
- Gravity Discovery Centre (Gingin, WA)
- The Hive (Ulverstone TAS)
Katrina Christian’s Year 6 2005 Astronomy School Project – it was brought to you for a limited run back in July 2005 by the TIGS in Space Virtual Planetarium & Space Centre at Angelfire.com. Now in 2026, Angelfire.com has closed, and so selected content has been updated and moved to this WordPress.com site.
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