Did you know? Sundials
This Month . . . . Sundials. The earliest type of timekeeping device when people relied on the passage of the Sun through the sky to tell...
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Toner Stevenson
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Members' Presentation Night
Monday 1 August, 6:30pm Join in to hear from Sydney City Skywatcher members as they present fascinating insights into many aspects of...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Did you know? Lunar Eclipses
Lunar eclipses can only occur during a full moon. However, there isn’t a lunar eclipse every full moon of the month because the Moon’s...
Janette Brenan
- May 3
- 1 min
The Astronomers Bulletin: April-June 2022
In this Issue: ORCS in Space Triffid Nebula Cosmic Encounters Solar Observations Damoiseau Crater Jupiter's Atmospher
Toner Stevenson
- Feb 17
- 2 min
When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie its ...Valentines night!
Valentines night is a time to look up into the evening sky, catch a falling star, and fly me to the Moon, or so go the many songs that...
andrew14613
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
A Change of Year Comet
Travel away from city lights in early January to view Comet Leonard Andrew Wood Our change of year sky is being graced by Comet C/2021 A1...
George Mavrocordatos and Toner Stevenson
- Dec 26, 2021
- 2 min
Comet Leonard - the view from La Perouse
Sydney City Skywatcher member George Mavrocordatos has imaged Comet Leonard: I managed to be lucky enough to take my own picture of...
Monty Leventhal OAM
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Solar Observations: August 2021
By Monty Leventhal OAM IN SUMMARY Summing up, sunspot activity for solar cycle 25 has remained very low with Prominences & Filaments...
Andrew Wood
- Aug 25, 2021
- 7 min
Observing Double Stars by Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood is an amateur astronomer and member of Sydney City Skywatchers. He has spent much of covid outside at night on Dharawal...
Dr Toner Stevenson
- Jul 20, 2021
- 1 min
1917 'Hoskins' Telescope restoration
In March 2005 I visited Macquarie University with Dr Nick Lomb, who was then Curator of Astronomy and Sydney Observatory. In a large shed...