Alpha Centaurid Meteor Shower | 8th-9th February The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower will be active from 28 January to 21 February, producing its peak rate of meteors around 9 February. Watch as a Star Disappears Behind the Moon | 18th February February’s moon has...
The Alpha Centaurids meteor shower returns to WA’s night skies from 28th January – 21th February, peaking around 8th February. The shower gets its name from the apparent origin of the meteors, in this case, the star of Alpha Centauri, which is visible to...
The Moon has a lot to offer us this year, including lunar occultations (when an object, such as the Moon, appears to move in front of another, blocking it from view) and several conjunctions (when two astronomical objects, likes planets, appear close together in the...
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...
Set your alarm clock for early in the morning for a special conjunction of Mars and Venus (a conjunction is where two astronomical objects, likes planets, appear close together in the sky). The planetary pair rise in the southern sky together at 4am (AWST) —...
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 February and March bring the season of Bunuru. Mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring,...
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....
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