Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

Expanding Stories

Evolution of the Castle Hill site from botanical research station to Museum Discovery Centre

Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

A transformative renewal program across four sites

We Rise

Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse-1 Mission Launch to the ISS

An initiative of the Powerhouse: Future Space program

2024

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

Parramatta

2025

An image of a stargazer, leaning back in a chair, staring up at the sky. The image is shot in an extreme wide: the stargazer looks tiny compared to the bright, colorful and mostly pink sky, and the vast expanse of water that surrounds them. The stars are visible in a long stretch above the stargazer's head.

Program

Southern Sky Astrophotography

Name: Southern Sky Astrophotography
Start: 2025-12-04T01:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-04-18T08:00:00.000Z
Location: Sydney Observatory

Ended 18 Apr 2026

Free

Sydney Observatory

Southern Sky Astrophotography, is an exhibition of celestial photography showcasing the finalists of the 22nd annual David Malin Awards.

Sydney Observatory has a proud tradition of photography and astronomy. Observatory Hill has long been a place for people to connect with, observe, understand and tell stories about Sky Country, starting with the Gadigal who carved knowledge about Sky and Sea Country into local rock. Henry Chamberlain Russell, the resident Government Astronomer, began photographing the sky from Sydney Observatory in the early 1870s.

This tradition of photographic observation continues today in Southern Sky Astrophotography. The theme for the 2025 competition is People and Sky.

The David Malin Awards are presented by the Central West Astronomical Society, sponsored by CSIRO Space and Astronomy. Touring exhibition supported by Powerhouse.