The spectacular Western Australian night sky will be on show in 2026. We’ve put together your handy list, so you won’t miss a moment of the spectacular stars and the awe-inspiring Milky Way. Low light pollution in WA means that stargazing is a world-class experience...
This Easter weekend, step outside on Good Friday evening, and treat yourself to a celestial spectacle. It’s not often we take a break to look up into our night sky. It’s something that’s missing in our busy lives. So, after sunset turn your attention...
The Seven Sisters or Pleiades is a beautiful open cluster of stars visible to the naked-eye. It does help if you’re in a dark sky location as it’s quite faint to see. Tonight, use bright Venus as your guide. Pleiades is at the same height from the horizon...
The Lyrid Meteor Shower is known for its fast and bright meteors, with occasional fireballs. Meteor showers are named after the constellation where they appear to come from. In the case of the Lyrids, the meteors come from the direction of the Lyra constellation. If...
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 celestial line up. A conjunction is where...
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...
Legends of the Seven Sisters | 20th April 2026 Join the Menzies community at their next Astrotourism event at the new Menzies Observing Site at Mount Owen! Mount Owen is only a few minutes drive out of town and you'll notice how much darker the sky is away from 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...
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 centre,...
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