Winter (or Summer) Solstice
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…
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Winter (or Summer) Solstice
Blood Moon May 26
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…
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Blood Moon May 26
Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
The Eta Aquariids are a meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet. The shower is visible from about April 19 to about May 28 each year with peak activity on or…
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Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Why the ‘Pink’ Moon won’t be pink
2021’s first supermoon, known in the US as the pink moon, happens on April 26. It’s worth noting that the moon will not appear pink in the nighttime sky. The…
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Why the ‘Pink’ Moon won’t be pink
Still heaps to see in April Night Skies
We’re halfway through April, but amateur astronomers and backyard sky gazers still have some spectacles to look forward to in the nighttime sky. Starting on the 16th of April, the…
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Still heaps to see in April Night Skies