I have used the Apple Ipad Sky Safari Pro app to quickly produce a few introductory sky charts that can…
Jupiter finder chart
Planets dance in the morning sky (20 April 19 – 31 May 2011)
Early morning risers are in for a treat between now and the end of May 2011 as the planets Mercury,…
Use just binoculars to find the planet with the ‘rude’ name!
For as long as I have been presenting planetarium sessions, saying the name of one of the outer most planets…
Jupiter at its closest to Earth until 2022
Jupiter is at opposition tomorrow night (Tuesday 21 September 2010). Casual skywatchers have this date pencilled into their diaries because…
Rare planetary conjunction won’t be visible again until 2040!
I set one of my astronomy computer programs the challenge of identifying when a similar planetary conjunction to this weeks…
This Weeks Predictable Sky and Space Events (8 – 14 August 2010)
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in the Australian Capital…
This Weeks Predictable Sky and Space Events (11 – 17 July 2010)
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in the Australian Capital…
This Weeks Predictable Sky and Space Events (23 – 29 May 2010)
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Brisbane, the Gold…
This Weeks Predictable Sky Events (9 – 15 May 2010)
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Brisbane, the Gold…
See Jupiter and Uranus in the pre-dawn sky
Early morning risers can look above the Eastern horizon in the pre-dawn sky and easily see the planet Jupiter. To…