Saturn, the crescent Moon and Spica (the brightest star in the ancient Greek constellation Virgo the Virgin) will form a…
Saturn finder chart
Look up tonight to see Saturn, Moon and Spica together
Saturn, the Moon and Spica (the brightest star in the ancient Greek constellation Virgo The Virgin) will form a easily…
Dust off your telescope and see Saturn at its best now
With Saturn reaching opposition Monday night (April 4 2011), now is the time to dust off even a small telescope…
Planet Watching On Australia Day Morning
If you are an early riser, you might like to look skywards on Australia Day (26 January 2011) for the…
How to see a giant storm on Saturn!
If you are an early riser and have access to a telescope, you may be able to glimpse a view…
This Weeks Predictable Sky and Space Events (15 – 21 August 2010)
These notes are intended to provide a casual skywatcher or someone already into amateur astronomy living in the Australian Capital…
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…
Planets continue to gather above the Western horizon
Even if you are only a casual skywatcher, you may have noticed something strange happening in the sky in the…
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…