It’s a good time to look up, because one of the year’s most spectacular skywatching shows is back to light up the night sky. The Perseid meteor shower peaks in mid-August, when up to 100 meteors can be seen per hour. But the celestial event is already active, meaning...
Observe the Milky Way Winter skies bring glorious views of our own Milky Way galaxy to observers blessed with dark skies. For many city dwellers, their first sight of the Milky Way comes during trips to rural areas – so if you are traveling away from city...
It might be the winter solstice on June 21 but the Sun will actually come up later, not earlier, for a few more weeks yet. There’s good news for those feeling depressed by dark and bitter winter days: it’s the solstice today. It’s the day when we see the...
Happy Winter (or Summer) SolsticeOur Winter Solstice – Shortest Day of the Year – Monday, 21 June 2021 at 1:32 pm AEST or 03:32 UTC. It also marks the shortest day of the year here in the southern hemisphere, when we receive the least energy from the Sun.It is...
This month offers a treat for even the most casual of stargazers: a total lunar eclipse, visible from start to end across Australia and New Zealand! This is a potentially great eclipse for outreach enthusiasts since the entire eclipse will run...
