Orionids Meteor Shower | 21st October
This month, the Orionids Meteor Shower is welcomed under a new moon and stargazers might expect up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids Meteor Shower is generated from Halley's Comet. In December 2024, the comet began its nearly 40-year journey back past the Earth and...
The Moon & Pollux | 24th October
On this night, the Moon makes a close approach to bright orange-hued star Pollux. Together with the star Castor, this pair of twins are how the Gemini constellation gets its name. Keen stargazers will enjoy seeing Mars as well which sits off above and to the right of...
Halloween Stargazing | 31st October
Will you be trick and treating this Halloween? If you are, you’re in for treats of a cosmic kind. After the sun sets at 6.40pm, keep an eye out for Mercury which will be visible briefly on the western horizon. It will appear below brighter Venus. The two planets are...
Scorpius | Spring
Sometimes, it’s quite difficult to make out the shape of constellations, but you should have some success with Scorpius.
Andromeda Galaxy | October – December
Andromeda is in our galactic neighbourhood of local galaxies. It’s 2.5 million light years away and the most distant object visible to the human eye.
Milky Way Season | April to October
Astrophotographers call the time of year between mid-autumn and mid-spring ‘Milky Way season’. This period gets its name because of how, in the southern hemisphere, it's the best time of year to see and photograph the Milky Way. When you look towards the centre, or...
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 galaxies near our own Milky Way Galaxy. From...
Noongar calendar six seasons: Kambarang
Western Australia’s Noongar Aboriginal people lived by six seasons. In October and November, it’s Kambarangn the season of birth. The second spring is marked by longer dry periods
Full Moon
7 October
Rises 6:40pm (AWST)
Last Quarter
14 October
New Moon
21 October
First Quarter
28 October