(Posted 3 April 2018) Courtesy of a kidney stone operation (really not recommended!!), I found myself up in the very…
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Registration fee for March STEM / Astronomy and Space Science conference reduced
(Posted 23 January 2017) The conference conveners have announced that the registration fee for the Cosmic Stars 2017 ACT Astronomy and…
#GoldCoastAstronomy Tonight! Use the Moon and Mars…
#GoldCoastAstronomy Tonight! Use the Moon and Mars to find a planet orbiting another star (known as an exo-planet)… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…
-7 Iridium flare dazzles Southern Canberra (photo)
(Posted 11 October 2016) The Iridium flare dazzled Southern Canberra tonight as forecast by the highly recommended HeavensAbove.com website.
Say goodbye to Mercury and Jupiter (photo). The planetary sky show is over.
(Posted 4 September 2016) The evening planet twilight show has well and truly ended with both Mercury and Jupiter lost…
Gotcha! Venus and Jupiter photographed during the day during close encounter (photo)
(Posted 28 August 2016) Image taken with Samsung Galaxy 6 mobile phone using the afocal photographic technique through my eight…
Mercury, Venus and Jupiter dazzle in the evening twilight (photo)
(Posted 27 August 2016) Make sure you are taking a couple of minutes over the next few nights to look…
Venus and crescent Moon post occultation daytime image
(Posted 9 October 2015) I managed to take the below photograph of Venus and the crescent Moon this morning once…
Stunning! Saturn occulted by Moon photos (as seen from Canberra)
(Posted 14 April 2014) Wow! That is the only word that comes to mind having seen Saturn occulted (covered or…
How to see asteroid 2012 DA14 fly past Earth Saturday morning (with Brisbane finder chart)
Update (4.29 pm AEST): Reports are emerging out of the Urals region of Russia of a meteor being shot down…