Toner StevensonJan 302 minPast Events7 Mar: 32 Years of the Australasian Sky Guide Monday 7 March, 2022 at 6:30pm Dr Nick Lomb is an astronomer whose career as Curator of astronomy, timekeeping, navigation, meteorology,...
Elizabeth CockingDec 31, 20213 minIn this month: January1st January 1801 Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi of the Palermo Observatory discovers Ceres, the first asteroid to be discovered and...
andrew14613Dec 31, 20213 minMember reportsA Change of Year CometTravel 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...
andrew14613Dec 31, 20212 minDid you know? Astronomical tidbitsA Truly Australian StarAs darkness descends around the end of December into early January evenings, a star within the Southern Cross with a uniquely Australian...
George Mavrocordatos and Toner StevensonDec 26, 20212 minMember reportsComet Leonard - the view from La PerouseSydney City Skywatcher member George Mavrocordatos has imaged Comet Leonard: I managed to be lucky enough to take my own picture of...
Elizabeth CockingNov 30, 20214 minIn this MonthIn this month: DecemberIN THIS MONTH 15th December 1966 Janus, a moon of Saturn, is discovered by French astronomer Audouin Dollfus. Astronomers were first...
Elizabeth CockingNov 7, 20211 minDid you know? Astronomical tidbitsDid you know? the Kuiper BeltDID YOU KNOW This month . . . The Kuiper Belt. Home to short period comets and icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system. The ...
Elizabeth CockingOct 31, 20214 minIn this MonthIn this month: November 7th November 1631 A transit of Mercury occurs. Many astronomers set up to capture Mercury's movement in front of the Sun. However only...
Janette BrenanOct 29, 20211 minSkywatchers Astronomy BulletinThe Astronomers' Bulletin Oct - Dec 2021In this Issue: The Einstein Ring; Presidential Address at AGM; Secretary's report; Solar Observations; Observing Double Stars; SC25. You...
Andrew WoodOct 22, 20213 minCitizen ScienceSafe Solar Observingby Andrew Wood Following a period of unusually low solar activity (the appearance on the Sun’s disc of sunspots), followers of Monty...