On the 2nd of March, Jupiter and Venus appear very close to one another in the western sky just after sunset. Over the past week, the planets have been moving towards each other, but now they are moving apart! Watch their progress as they drift further and further...
What happens during equinox? The equinox marks the transition from summer to autumn in the southern hemisphere, and will have almost the same number of hours of daylight as darkness! The equinox marks several astronomical phenomena too! During the equinox, the Sun...
The first quarter Moon makes a close approach to Mars in the north western sky just after sunset! For those with telescopes or high powered binoculars, the Shoe-Buckle cluster (NGC 2168) can be seen above Mars, and the January Salt-and-Pepper Cluster (NGC 2099) can be...
Travelling in country WA gives you an excellent opportunity to see something not normally visible under bright city lights. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (sometimes abbreviated to LMC and SMC!) are galaxies outside of our own Milky Way Galaxy. From Earth, they...
Although mainstream education teaches the four seasons of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, Western Australia’s Noongar Aboriginal people lived by six seasons. These seasons clearly indicate change in weather. Aboriginal culture dates back tens of thousands of years...
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