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    7 Mar: 32 Years of the Australasian Sky Guide
    Toner Stevenson
    • Jan 30
    • 2 min
    Past Events

    7 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,...
    In this month: January
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 3 min

    In this month: January

    1st January 1801 Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi of the Palermo Observatory discovers Ceres, the first asteroid to be discovered and...
    A Change of Year Comet
    andrew14613
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 3 min
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    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...
    A Truly Australian Star
    andrew14613
    • Dec 31, 2021
    • 2 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    A Truly Australian Star

    As darkness descends around the end of December into early January evenings, a star within the Southern Cross with a uniquely Australian...
    Comet Leonard - the view from La Perouse
    George Mavrocordatos and Toner Stevenson
    • Dec 26, 2021
    • 2 min
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    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...
    In this month: December
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 4 min
    In this Month

    In this month: December

    IN THIS MONTH 15th December 1966 Janus, a moon of Saturn, is discovered by French astronomer Audouin Dollfus. Astronomers were first...
    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Nov 7, 2021
    • 1 min
    Did you know? Astronomical tidbits

    Did you know? the Kuiper Belt

    DID YOU KNOW This month . . . The Kuiper Belt. Home to short period comets and icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system. The ...
    In this month: November
    Elizabeth Cocking
    • Oct 31, 2021
    • 4 min
    In this Month

    In 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...
    The Astronomers' Bulletin Oct - Dec 2021
    Janette Brenan
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 1 min
    Skywatchers Astronomy Bulletin

    The Astronomers' Bulletin Oct - Dec 2021

    In this Issue: The Einstein Ring; Presidential Address at AGM; Secretary's report; Solar Observations; Observing Double Stars; SC25. You...
    Safe Solar Observing
    Andrew Wood
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 3 min
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    Safe Solar Observing

    by Andrew Wood Following a period of unusually low solar activity (the appearance on the Sun’s disc of sunspots), followers of Monty...
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