17th October 2020 Welcome to Murray Hull Observatory, named so to honour the man behind the construction of this observatory many decades...

19th July 2020 Our new exciting project...restoration of an abandoned observatory near Quorn in Flinders Ranges. This hand-made...

12th July 2020 As we are hoping for COVID-19 restriction to be eased gradually, we can now plan for our next public outreach run in...

23rd March 2020 Our intended destinations for 2020 are Jamestown, Quorn, Beltana, Marree, Whyalla and Port Pirie, starting from May 2020....

25th August 2019 Next day, we drove the observatory to Whyalla and set up for astronomy outreach in Jubilee Park. Sky was clear and...

24th August 2019 Next day, we travelled to Jamestown to conduct public outreach astronomy in Memorial Park Jamestown. Padraic Koen...

23rd August 2019 We conducted public outreach astronomy in the grounds of Loxton High School. Padraic Koen conducted day time solar...

29th June 2019 It is the time of the year again when we will be on the roads through regional South Australia during National Science...

25th August 2018 On the first day of second leg of the run for National Science Week 2018, we reached Nangiloc-Colignan & District...

25th August 2018 On the last day of our outreach for National Science Week 2018, we reached Broken Hill and set up at Broken Hill...

25th August 2018 Next day, we set up at SRS Benetook Farm for day time solar viewing and night time astronomy. This is the second time we...

25th August 2018 In case you were wondering what our observatory looks like in action on road. Courtesy: Padraic Koen

16th August 2018 With no sunspots in sight and over 50% cloud cover, PK's dedicated H-Alpha gear saved the solar observing part of the...

15th August 2018 Our public outreach astronomy for National Science Week 2018 kicked in with our event in Arid Lands Botanical Garden,...

13th August 2018 Next day, we reached Andamooka, a remote Opal mining town in South Australia. This is our second visit to the town and...

4th August 2018 Safety inspection of the observatory completed as part of preparation for the upcoming interstate run. Also, free ends of...

25th March 2018 21st March 2018 Earlier, we had successfully demonstrated driving the observatory with the Altaz EQ-G mount and tripod...

18th February 2018 Upgrading the mount to the heavy duty Skywatcher EQ8. This mount can handle 50 kg of equipment. Because of its sheer...

22nd October 2017 Our first joint public outreach astronomy with Woomera-Baker Observatory on 21st Oct 2017. Special thanks to Bec,...

20th August 2017 Finally concluded the second ambitious run of interstate public outreach astronomy, this time for National Science Week...