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...
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,...
You’ve probably heard about ‘supermoons’, but what are they? In the strictest sense, supermoon isn’t an astronomy term — the name was coined by an astrologer, and even today, some people are still convinced that the extra gravitational...
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...
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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