(Posted 24 August 2014) Planet spotting doesn’t get any easier at present with three planets (Mercury, Mars and Saturn) now…
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Free download: Term 3 2014 Student Astronomy Newsletter Now Available
The Term 3 2014 edition of my ‘Amazing Space!’ newsletter for students is now available for free download from this website. This term’s…
Crescent Moon joins Jupiter tonight in the constellation Gemini The Twins (with finder chart)
(Posted 4 May 2014) Step outside tonight as soon as the sky begins to darken and you will be rewarded…
Iridium flare will dazzle early morning risers on the Gold Coast tomorrow
(Posted 27 April 2014) An Iridium flare approximately 39 times brighter than Venus (currently visible in the morning sky) will dazzle…
Photo opportunity! Photograph Venus and Moon together as they rise over the ocean tomorrow morning (Saturday 26 April 2014) Post inc. finder chart.
(Posted 25 April 2014) Early riser? Tomorrow morning, Venus and the crescent Moon will provide a dazzling photo opportunity as they…
Venus shines high in pre-dawn ANZAC Day 2014 and above ANZAC Cove, Turkey 1915
(Posted 23 April 2014) If you are attending this week’s ANZAC Day Dawn Service (Friday 25 April 2014), before the service…
Moon, Saturn and Antares above the Eastern horizon tonight (with finder chart)
(Posted 18 April 2014) Unfamiliar with the night sky but want to see a planet with your own eyes? Tonight…
Watch as the Moon joins Saturn tonight (with finder chart)
(Posted 17 April 2014) Unfamiliar with the night sky but want to see a planet with your own eyes? Tonight…
Watch as Venus eclipses a star tomorrow morning. Visible across Eastern Australia.
(Posted 16 April 2014) Even if you aren’t an early riser, you might want to consider dusting off your telescope,…
Tonight’s ‘Blood Moon’ lunar eclipse and the tetrad
Don’t be disappointed tonight (Tuesday 15 April 2014) when the totally eclipsed Moon doesn’t turn out to be literally ‘blood…