Join the fun of a magical evening under the stars at Fauntleroy Park, Jurien Bay! Bring your family, friends and a picnic, settle in for some live music, and watch the night sky come alive. Music starts from 5.30pm while you enjoy a picnic and watch the sun go down....
This is the month to view Saturn! The image above is for about 7pm in the early evening of 4th October. On this date, Saturn is at what is called “opposition” and means it is closest to Earth for the year. It also means that this is the ideal time to view...
On this night, Mercury and Venus are the “stars” of the show! The pair of naked-eye planets appear on either side of a thin crescent Moon after sunset. Mercury is the planet above the Moon and Venus is below. If you turn around to look at the eastern...
If you’re a stargazer out enjoying the 2026 Orionid Meteor Shower, you might expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids meteors are generated from Halley’s Comet, which last graced our night sky in 1986. In December 2024, the comet began its nearly 40-year...
Will you be trick and treating this Halloween? If you are, Saturn will keep you company as you go from door to door. After the sun sets, keep an eye out for Saturn in the eastern evening sky. Help our younger trick or treaters identify the planet. In the image above,...
October 2025 October stargazing Magellanic Clouds | Summer & Autumn 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...
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...
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 October and November bring the season of Kambarang. Mainstream education teaches the four seasons of...
Scorpius, more commonly referred to as Scorpio, is a large constellation that actually looks like its namesake! Sometimes it’s quite difficult to make out the shape of constellations, but you should have some success with Scorpius! It is visible all through spring...
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