- May 11
- 1 min
Did you know? Lunar Eclipses
A total Lunar Eclipse is due on Tuesday 8 November, 2022. It will be visible from Sydney and most of Australia and New Zealand. Lunar...
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Toner Stevenson
- Oct 21
- 1 min
Armagh Observatory: an astronomical past, present and future
Presented by Dr Rok Nežič Date: Monday 7 November, 6:30pm AEDT (Keynote talk will start at 7pm ). Via: Zoom (a link is sent to members....
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jun 30
- 4 min
In this month: July 2022
1st July 2013 Hippocamp, a moon of Neptune, is discovered. With a diameter of approximately 35 kilometres it is the smallest moon that...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
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 ...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Oct 31, 2021
- 4 min
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...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
Did You know?...Equinoxes.
There are two equinoxes every year. The March equinox also known as the autumnal equinox, and the September equinox or the spring...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Did you know?...the asteroid belt
The disc shaped asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter at a distance ranging from 329-478 million kilometres from the Sun. ...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Did you know? The Most & The Least of the planets
in our solar system The most tilted planet… Uranus has the largest tilt with an axial tilt of about 98 degrees. Its north pole is nearly...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
In this month: January
Elizabeth Cocking continues this astronomical blog post sequence in 2021. Each month she looks back on astronomical happenings, and the...
Elizabeth Cocking
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Did you know? Moonbows
We’re all familiar with rainbows and the elusive pot of gold at the end. But our neighbour the Moon is also capable of producing the same...