Everyone is welcome at MPAS. The public is invited to our monthly stargazing nights — no telescope or experience needed — and our annual telescope learning days, astrophotography workshops and special concert nights. Click on an event below to book your tickets.
Members meetings and working bees are also listed below. If you’re interested in joining MPAS, you’re always welcome to attend!
Here’s what’s coming up, plus a look back at events we run each year. You can also view and download the full-year MPAS calendar. Members can find their detailed calendar over on the members hub.
Annual & past events
Several of our events run each year — like Telescope Learning Days, the Astrophotography Workshop and our Musical Stargazing Trivia Night. If the next one isn’t scheduled yet, here’s a look at how they’ve gone before.
Oct2026Astrophotography Workshop 2026The workshop returns on Saturday, 3 October 2026 with new and updated content, on Smart Telescope Astrophotography, Aurora and Nightscape Imaging, Star Tracker and Deep Sky Imaging, Remote Imaging and more.Public→Mar2026Telescope Learning Day and Buy-Sell-Swap meetA much anticipated event for 2026! Come to Mt Martha Observatory on Saturday, 21 March and learn from scratch about how telescopes…Public→Feb2026Musical Stargazing Trivia Night 2026Saturday 14th February (Valentine’s Day) 2026, 6:00pm Live music from the Cranbourne Lions Concert Band. Fund-raising sausage sizzle ($3 Snags, $5 burgers) Trivia…Public→Sep2025Telescope Learning Day and Buy-Sell-Swap meetA much anticipated event for 2025! Come to Mt Martha Observatory on Saturday, 20 September and learn from scratch about how telescopes…Public→Sep2024Astrophotography Workshop 2024The Astrophotography Workshop continues this year on Saturday, 14 September 2024 with new and updated content, on Smartphone Astrophotography, Aurora and Nightscape…Public→
