Posted 27 January 2014 Early risers, don’t forget to look to the East this Wednesday morning (29 January 2014) in…
Melbourne
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…
Bright aurora are forecast as likely for tonight :-)
Update 11 January 2014 The aurora did not eventuate last night – in spite of the really positive forecast indicating one…
If it happens – what tonight / tomorrow morning’s aurora will look like.
(Posted 9 January 2014) With the CME (coronal mass ejection) expected to arrive around 6 pm AEST tonight +/-7 hours,…
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…
Free download: Term 4 2013 Student Astronomy Newsletter Now Available
The Term 4 2013 edition of my ‘Amazing Space!’ newsletter for students is now available for free download from this website. This term’s…
October 2013 Sky & Space Events
These notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia…