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...
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...
Orion the Hunter is a famous summer constellation and it is up in the early evening 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 as the...
Set your alarm clock for early in the morning of 22nd February 2024, 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...
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 abbreviated to LMC and SMC) are...
The International Space Station (ISS) makes regular appearances in the West Australian sky! The ISS is an amazing sight to see in the night sky and you don’t need a telescope or binoculars to see it. When and where to look: Sunday the 11th of December...
On January 14, 2024, the Moon will be 3 days old and it will share the same right ascension with Saturn, passing 2°08′ to the south of Saturn. From Perth, the pair will be visible from soon after the Moon rises at 08:38, until soon before it sets that evening...
Total Lunar Eclipse! Coming to Your Skies 8th November For natural cosmic phenomena, you don’t get more remarkable than a Total Eclipse of the Moon! For a total lunar eclipse to occur, we need the Sun and Moon to be perfectly aligned in their oribts, with the...
Get up bright and early on the 10th of November to view the Moon and Venus making a close approach. The Moon will appear as a very thin crescent, while Venus appears as a bright star. If you’ve got powerful binoculars or a telescope, take a closer look at Venus...
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