April 2024 5 April13 AprilRises 5:56pm (AWST)21 April28 April Easter Stargazing | 29th March This Easter weekend, step outside on the early morning of Good Friday, March 29 2024, and treat yourself to a celestial spectacle. As dawn approaches, the night sky...
This Easter weekend, step outside on Good Friday evening, and treat yourself to a celestial spectacle. After sunset, the night sky unveils Jupiter in the constellation of Taurus. Use the above image as a guide. Astronomical images provided by SkySafari, a Simulation...
Dawn on Anzac Day this year is extra special. If you regularly attend dawn services, you’ll know that the view of the stars and planets change from year to year. This year, there are three naked-eye planets visible in a conjunction with a beautiful waning...
You’ve probably heard about ‘Supermoons’, but what about ‘Micromoons’? In the strictest sense, these aren’t astronomy terms — ‘supermoon’ was coined by an astrologer, and some people are still convinced that the extra...
The Lyrids Meteor Shower is active from 16th to 25th April and is known for its fast and bright meteors, with occasional fireballs. Meteor showers are named after the constellation where the “shooting stars” appear to be coming from. In the case of the Lyrids, the...
Noongar people are the traditional owners of the south-west of Western Australia and have been for over 45,000 years. In the Noongar calendar, the months of April and May bring the season of Djeran. Mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring, Summer,...
April is a great time to start viewing the famous Australian constellation of the Southern Cross. You can track it over mid-autumn and winter evenings. When you head outside to stargaze, what you will notice first are two bright stars on a diagonal. The brighter of...
Astrophotographers call the time of year between mid-autumn and mid-spring ‘Milky Way season’. This period gets its name because of how, in the southern hemisphere, it’s the best time of year to see and photograph the Milky Way. When you look towards the...
Visiting and staying in country WA gives you an excellent opportunity to see the Magellanic Clouds, normally made invisible by bright city lights. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (often abbreviated to LMC and SMC) are galaxies near our own Milky Way Galaxy. From...
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