In the early morning hours, it’s a great time to see if you can find Neptune with a telescope by using the Moon and Saturn as your guide. Neptune is below and slightly to the left of Saturn which can be seen below the Moon. Neptune only looks like a small blue...
For natural cosmic phenomena, you don’t get more remarkable than a Total Eclipse of the Sun! For a total solar eclipse to occur, the Sun, Moon and Earth need to be perfectly aligned in their orbits, with the Moon in the middle. As the Moon travels between the...
After sunset on 13th September, there’s quite a sight in the west. The red planet, Mars will appear right alongside Spica which is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo. Use the above image as a guide. Astronomical images provided by SkySafari, a...
The waxing crescent moon makes a close approach to the Pleiades star cluster below the constellation of Taurus in the north-western sky from sunset. Until about 9.30pm, the moon and the Pleiades (also known as the Seven Sisters) are close enough to fit within the view...
The Perseids Meteor Shower is better seen from northern Western Australia or the northern hemisphere. The radiant point, or the point in the sky where the meteors seem to come from, is very low on the horizon for southern WA which reduces the number of visible...
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