Sidewalk Astronomy is Bendigo's favourite astronomy event and is held every month next to the Discovery Science and Technology Centre,
7 Railway Place (opposite Marketplace). Click here for a Google Map

Bring the family to see cool astro-stuff through our telescopes, our volunteers will give you a tour of the night sky. Informative family entertainment, and all for a gold coin donation.
For more information contact: Brien Blackshaw, Ph 03 5447 7690, Email: secretary@bdas.net

2025

Friday 28 November @ 8:30pm
1st Quarter Moon , Venus, Saturn, Omega Centauri, Jewel Box Cluster, M4 Globular Cluster, Pleiades cluster
Weather Update 8:00pm

Friday 26 December:  No Sidewalk Astronomy this month.

2026

Friday 23 January @ 8:30pm
Waxing crescent moon, Orion Nebula, Trapezium, Pleiades, Saturn
Weather Update 7:00pm

Friday 27 February @ 8:00pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Orion Nebula, Trapezium, Pleiades, Jupiter

Friday 27 March @ 7:30pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Orion Nebula, Trapezium, Pleiades, Jupiter

Friday 24 April @ 6:00pm
1st Quarter moon, Orion Nebula, Trapezium, Southern Cross region, Jewel Box

Friday 22 May @ 5:30pm
Waxing crescent moon, last view of Orion Nebula, Trapezium, Southern Cross region, Jewel Box, Alpha Centauri, Omega Centauri cluster

Friday 19 June @ 5:00pm
Waxing crescent moon, possible glimpse of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Southern Cross region, Jewel Box, Alpha Centauri, Omega Centauri cluster

Friday 24 July @ 5:30pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Venus, Southern Cross region, Jewel Box, Alpha Centauri, Omega Centauri cluster, M4 cluster

Friday 21 August @ 6:00pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Venus, Southern Cross items, Jewel Box, Alpha Centauri, Omega Centauri cluster, M4 cluster

Friday 18 September @ 6:00pm
Waxing crescent moon, possibly Mercury early, Venus, M4 cluster

Friday 16 October @ 7:30pm
Waxing crescent moon, Mercury dropping behind Marketplace, Alpha Centauri, possibly Saturn later

Friday 20 November @ 8:00pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Saturn, 47 Tucanae cluster

Friday 18 December @ 8:30pm
Waxing gibbous moon, Saturn, 47 Tucanae cluster, Pleiades