I love February as it is the start of the Milky Way season when the Southern Cross rises earlier each night which also means that the Milky Way becomes more and more visible! So, start to check it out on the New Moon evening of the 20th. The Moon this Month (All times...
Happy New Year! 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. We get to see the three brightest stars in the night sky – starting...
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 the cool stuff during the short warm summer evenings. This is the time to check out the constellation of Orion – also...
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 the astronomical definitions which relate to equinoxes and solstices....
What’s happening in the February 2021 skies? I love February as it is the start of the Milky Way season when the Southern Cross rises earlier each night which also means that the Milky Way becomes more and more visible! So, start to check it out on the New Moon...
