Friends of Mt Pleasant

The Friends of Mt Pleasant is a group of science minded people, especially interested in astronomy. For a small annual fee of $10 per family, members receive special discounts at the Grote Reber Museum Store, monthly newsletters with great astronomy activities and news as well as special VIP members only events at the Observatory.

If you are interested in joining, please contact the Coordinator, Courtney Jones at courtney.jones@utas.edu.au

Grote Reber Store

In response to many requests for science/astronomy themed merchandise/toys/puzzles, the Grote Reber Museum now runs a small store.

For the moment, a stall is set up on official Mt Pleasant Observatory Open Days, however all the items are available year round through mail order.

Click Here to visit the catalog and mail order form (pdf).
NASA Merchandise Now Available!

Jim Lovell Photography

Dr Jim Lovell is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, currently working as Project Manager for the AuScope VLBI Project (which uses the 12m antenna on the Richmond Rd side of the Mt Pleasant Observatory). Apart from his research - focusing on Active Galactic Neuclei, interstellar scintillation, geodetic VLBI, quasars and gravitaional lenses - Jim has a wonderful flair for photography.

He has made some of his images available for purchase, they can also be made into many gifts including cards and poster prints.

They are available at the RedBubble store: Jim Lovell: Art, Design & Photography