Head out under the stars at midnight on the 4th of September and catch a glimpse of Jupiter in the east, Saturn high overhead, the Moon in the north east, and the great constellation of Pegasus in the north! Use the Quasar Publishing image above as a guide. To find...
Just before sunrise on the 11th of September, there’s quite a sight in the east. Going from north to south, the twin stars of Gemini – Castor and Pollux – sit to the left of a thin crescent Moon. To the right of the Moon, the Beehive cluster can be...
What happens during equinox? The equinox marks the transition from winter to spring 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...
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...
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...
Astrophotographers often refer to this time of the year, from mid autumn to mid spring, as the “Milky Way Season”! That’s because, during this time of year, we look towards the centre or core of our Milky Way Galaxy. It’s dense with stars and stretches across the dark...
This year we are set to receive FOUR Supermoons in a row, with the third supermoon actually being a Super Blue Moon! Find out what a blue moon is here. The Moon’s orbit around Earth is slightly oval shaped or elliptical. So, every month there’s a time when the Moon is...
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