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Elizabeth Cocking
Feb 26, 20231 min read
Did you know? All things Zwicky!
We look at Comet ZTF Comet ZTF, or to give it its full name C2022/E3 ZTF, is named for the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) where the...
Andrew Wood
Feb 4, 20235 min read
Stars of the Orion Constellation
How to find and key features of the Orion Constellation
George Mavrocordatos and Toner Stevenson
Dec 26, 20212 min read
Comet Leonard - the view from La Perouse
Sydney City Skywatcher member George Mavrocordatos has imaged Comet Leonard: I managed to be lucky enough to take my own picture of...
Andrew Wood
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Safe Solar Observing
by Andrew Wood Following a period of unusually low solar activity (the appearance on the Sun’s disc of sunspots), followers of Monty...
Toner Stevenson
Sep 21, 20212 min read
Partial Lunar Eclipse - Sydney 19 November
Following the spectacular total lunar eclipse of 26 May 2021 Sydney-siders are to be treated to a partial lunar eclipse. DATE:19 November...
Andrew Wood
Aug 25, 20217 min read
Observing Double Stars by Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood is an amateur astronomer and member of Sydney City Skywatchers. He has spent much of covid outside at night on Dharawal...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Jul 2, 20211 min read
Solar Observations: June 2021
Monty Leventhal OAM Summing up for the month of June 2021; Sunspot activity at the start of Cycle 25 once again has remained very low...
Toner Stevenson
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Unistellar- Planetary Defense
Planetary Defense entails detecting, monitoring, understanding, and mitigating near-Earth objects. They are small objects in our solar...
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