Posted 9 February 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via…
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Dust off your telescope. Shadows of two Galilean moons visible on Jupiter tonight.
Posted 6 February 2014 Jupiter and it’s 63 moons provide Earthbound observers with a constantly changing view through a telescope.…
This weeks upcoming predictable space and astronomy events (3 – 9 February 2014)
Posted 2 February 2014 This post is biased towards events that can be seen with the unaided eye or via…
Early risers – see Venus cast a shadow in the morning sky
Early risers will notice tomorrow morning when the Moon is located next to dazzling Venus currently shining at magnitude -4.5.…
Mars, Saturn, Venus and the Moon in the morning sky (29 January 2014)
Posted 27 January 2014 Early risers, don’t forget to look to the East this Wednesday morning (29 January 2014) in…
Look now: The brilliant star below and right of the Moon is Jupiter!
14 January 2014 Planet spotting cannot come any easier than tonight. To find Jupiter, just look for the Moon as…
Free download: Term 1 2014 Student Astronomy Newsletter Now Available
The Term 1 2014 edition of my ‘Amazing Space!’ newsletter for students is now available for free download from this website. This term’s…
Now available for free download: Solar eclipse pinhole viewer for 29 April 2014 partial solar eclipse
As per my 2014 Astronomy Events Calendar, we are lucky enough in Australia to have two lunar eclipses and one…
Tonight! Great Red Spot transits Jupiter joined by Europa with it’s shadow falling on Jupiter’s cloud tops
Update (Sunday 5 January 2014): Managed to spot the ‘Great Salmon Spot’ 🙂 using my amateur sized telescope but it…
Jupiter puts on a show tonight: Watch as Ganymede blinks out of view and Great Red Spot transits Jupiter!
Look low above the North Eastern horizon tonight as soon as the sky is dark and you will notice a…