Summer Solstice | 21st December The December Solstice, also known as the summer solstice, marks the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere and in south-west WA. Andromeda Galaxy | October – December Andromeda is in our galactic neighbourhood of local...
If you’ve think Jupiter looks really bright lately, that’s because it has reached what’s known as “opposition”. “Opposition” is a word that astronomers use to describe the time when a planet is on the opposite side of Earth to...
Normally the Geminids is one of the best meteor showers for the year. Not in 2024! The full moon coincides with the peak of the meteor shower and won’t make it easy to see most of the “shooting stars”. If the Moon wasn’t in its full phase and...
What happens during solstice? The December Solstice, also known as the summer solstice, marks the marks the day with the most number of daylight hours in the southern hemisphere. The Sun appears at its highest point in the sky, with the Earth most tilted towards the...
On Christmas Eve, the two brightest planets we see in the night sky will be on opposite sides of the evening sky, at about the same height above the horizon. Jupiter will be on the north east horizon and Venus on the western horizon. Take some time out under the stars...
We all know Blue Moons occur from time to time. It’s the popular term to describe the second full moon in a single calendar month. This month, there aren’t two full moons, instead there are two new moons! The first new moon is on 1st December and the...
Andromeda is in our galactic neighbourhood of local galaxies. It’s 2.5 million light years away and yet it’s the most distant object visible to the human eye. With the weather warming up, now is a great time to get out under a dark sky and explore your Universe....
Orion the Hunter is a famous summer constellation, and it is up in the early evening for you to see now. First thing in the evening, look directly to the east. The brightest star you’ll see is Sirius. Directly to the left of Sirius is what is often referred to...
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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