There are a couple of very good passes by the International Space Station over Southern Australian in the early evening…
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…
Planets and Moon dazzle in the sky tonight
It is not too late to see most of this evenings planetary and lunar gathering. While Mercury has slipped below…
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…
Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn in the evening sky
People often express surprise that you can see planets without a telescope. Given the gathering of the planets Mercury, Venus,…
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…
Mars won’t appear as large as the Full Moon on 27 August 2010
Every year around the end of July, an email circulates around the World stating that the planet Mars will appear…
STAQ Science in the Middle Years Conference
I have just received an email reminding me that the above Science Teachers Association of Queensland conference is happening on…
Fantastic Solar Eclipse image which shows edge of Moon’s shadow
Spaceweather.com features an image by amateur astronomer Daniel Fischer taken yesterday in Patagonia in southern Argentina which clearly shows the…