Great time to see the Zodiacal light in twilight while there is no Moon – ln the evening in he Southern Hemisphere and morning in Northern hemisphere. Look to the West after Sun sets an you will a white triangular glow. It straddles the ecliptic – the line...
The Sun is very quiet at the moment – there have been 22 spotless days in a row. This year out of 269 days which have passed – which unfortunately reminds it that it is only 90 days to Christmas – there have been 193 days or days without spots. Last...
The Spring Equinox 2019 will be at 5:50 pm AEST on Monday 23 September. This is when we have equal lengths of day and night. Of course if you are in the Northern hemisphere it will be the vernal Equinox. And the start of autumn or fall. So what is an...
The Full Moon will occur this Saturday September 14 at 2:34pm. This is known as the Harvest Moon in the Northern hemisphere. During the Full Moon, it is fully lit by the Sun on its Earth-facing side. The September Full Moon is the one closest to the Vernal or Spring...
The moon, seen from Chandrayaan-2 on Aug. 21.CreditIndian Space Research Organization/EPA, via Shutterstock The lander — called Vikram, after Vikram A Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program — will touch down between 6 and 7 am – AEST near the...
