The Moon this Month
(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:…
Constellations
During summer the bright centre of the Milky Way is mostly below the western horizon by now This means we need to look to the south and east to see…
December 2021 Skies
Summer starts in Australia and New Zealand on December 1, and the nights are most definitely getting shorter. Both countries use the meteorological definitions of the seasons. Other countries use…
Christmas Gift Guide 2021
Looking for Christmas gift ideas this year? From the hard to buy person right down to the kids - we have a range of gift ideas and stocking stuffers to sort you out this year!
Meteor Showers
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.