Above: Finder chart for Monday 2 January 2012. Comet 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) is still continuing to impress Southern hemipshere observers…
Southern hemisphere
New Years Eve planetary treat above the Western horizon tonight
Take a moment out from your travels to your New Years Eve celebrations to look above the Western horizon to…
Crescent Moon joins Venus in the evening twilight sky
Look low above the Western horizon tomorrow as evening twilight ends (Tuesday 27 December 2011) to see Venus and a…
Easy star gazing Christmas night
I have used the Apple Ipad Sky Safari Pro app to quickly produce a few introductory sky charts that can…
Comet 2011 W3 (Lovejoy): A Christmas comet … and beyond
Comet 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) continues to “Wow!” amateur astronomers who don’t mind getting up to look for the comet in…
Where to look for Comet 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Thursday morning
Reports and images are slowly coming in from observers in the few temporarily clear locations across Australia who have managed…
Where to look for Comet 2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Wednesday morning
I have prepared finder charts for tomorrow morning (Wednesday 21 December 2011) in the hope that the sky will be…
Partial Solar Eclipse visible from Tasmania this Friday
A partial solar eclipse will be observable this Friday from the southern tip of Tasmania using safe solar viewing techniques…
Early riser? First Quarter Moon joins Mars and Saturn in the morning sky
Use the below finder chart to help you locate the planet Mars and Saturn tomorrow morning as morning twilight begins.…
Antares, Mercury and Venus in the evening twilight – Northern and Southern hemisphere views
Antares, Mercury and Venus are currently visible low above the Western horizon in the evening twilight. I thought I prepare…