January 2022 Skies
We might not have the Milky Way overhead in summer and the nights are much shorter and you need to go out later, but we certainly have some great things to see in the southern skies.
The Moon this Month – December 2021
(All times are in Australian Eastern Daylight Time) New Moon: 06:00 pm December 4th First Quarter: Noon December 11th Full Moon: 03:00 pm December 19th Last quarter:…
Meteor Showers in December
A casual observer may watch the sky at night and see 3 to 5 sporadic meteors per hour. However, on some nights, this number may increase markedly, and on projecting…
Planets in December
This month’s fun fact about the planets: Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun and is Earth’s closest planetary neighbour. It’s one of the four inner rocky planets,…
Summer Solstice
The ancient Celts celebrated the summer and winter solstice as the time when the day length started to change. The December solstice occurs at 02:59 AEDT on December 22. At…