Sorry, you can’t (to answer the question in the title) but you can walk on the next best thing – Oobleck.…
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…
For Rick
Sadly I lost a friend today. We weren’t close but that isn’t the point. I suspect the point of this…
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…
Crescent Moon … with birds!
Not much else to say…. except I was happy with the picture. 🙂
It’s New Year’s morning 2014 … Just! What is that really bright star? (with finder chart)
Wide angle finder chart for New Year’s morning 2014. Chart prepared for 12.01 am AEST / 1:01 am AEDT for…
Look at Venus and see a crescent moon?
Venus is only days away from inferior conjunction but can still be seen low above the Western horizon during evening…
Clouds over Canberra
Hanging out the washing yesterday turned into an opportunity to photograph an interesting cloud formation overhead. I am assuming that…
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…