These notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia…
Saturn finder chart
Just because it’s mentioned on Facebook doesn’t mean planetary alignment with the Giza pyramids is real
I had a colleague of mine email me about a supposed planetary alignment with the Giza Pyramids which happens only once in…
December 2012 Sky & Space Events
These notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia…
November 2012 Sky & Space Events
These notes are intended to provide a casual sky watcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in Eastern Australia…
Crescent Moon passes Saturn and Mars this week
(16 September 2012) Haven’t seen a planet in the sky? Don’t know that you can see a planet without a…
Moon joins Mars, Saturn and Spica tonight
Planet spotting doesn’t get any easier than tonight. Just look above the Western horizon now for the crescent Moon. Below…
Look NOW to see the slim crescent Moon, Mars and Saturn above the Western horizon
Step outside now to see the beautiful sight of a slim crescent Moon low above the Western horizon. The photo…
Curiosity touches down on Mars… but can you find Mars in the night sky?
With NASA’s Curiosity rover touching down on Mars tomorrow at 3.31 pm AEST, you may not realise that you can…
Planets galore! Mars and Saturn in the evening sky and Jupiter and Venus in the morning sky this week
This week, the sky continues to produce lots of pretty views for the casual sky watcher. You can be an…
Use the Moon to find Mars and Saturn tonight
With NASA’s Curiosity Rover just over a week away from landing on Mars, why not step outside and find Mars…