April 2023 Skies April Skies in 2023 offer many interesting astronomical events to observe. One of the great things about April is that, for those of us in the East, we are back on the same time zone after Daylight Saving ends on Sunday, April 2nd. This means that our...
Summer started 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....
Start watching on the mornings of February 11 to 16, 2022, to see all the rocky inner planets in our solar system – Mercury, Venus, Mars (and Earth beneath your feet). Look in the sunrise direction as dawn is beginning to break. Mercury returned to the eastern morning...
I love February. It is the start of the Milky Way season when the Southern Cross rises earlier each night. It also means that the galaxy centre becomes more and more visible! February Skies This month we will consider the constellation of Gemini the Twins. This is...
