Did You know? Intentional crash landings
This Month . . . Intentional crashed landings. Things that go bump in the night! Sometimes it helps astronomers and space engineers to...
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Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 4, 20202 min read
Solar observations: August 2020
For the month of August 2020 Sunspot activity was quite low during my observations with only five spot groups observed, most were single...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 31, 20203 min read
In this month: September
Every month Elizabeth Cocking, long time member of Sydney City Skywatchers and current secretary, researches interesting historical...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 9, 20202 min read
Did you know? Saturn's Rings
This month . . . . Saturn’s rings. One of the most majestic sights in the night sky. Saturn’s rings are enormous, but they are also...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Aug 3, 20202 min read
Solar Observations: July 2020
JULY 2020... The Bureau of Meteorology has not yet released its July 2020 report, however, there was 183 mm of rainfall in Sydney (the...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 31, 20204 min read
In this month: August
13th August 1898 The asteroid Eros is discovered by the German astronomer Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, and...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 17, 20203 min read
Did you know? Naming planets
This month . . . . Naming the three planets in our solar system discovered in “modern” times was not a straightforward process. There...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Jul 17, 20202 min read
Solar Observations: June 2020
Monty has been observing regularly but over the past few months his reports have not been happy ones because the Sun has not been very...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 30, 20203 min read
In this month: July
4 July 1054 Chinese astronomers notice a star explode becoming a supernova in the constellation Taurus. It remained visible in the night...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 7, 20202 min read
Did you know? Orion
This month . . . . Orion Named after the mythological Greek hunter, the constellation Orion is one of the most famous, and...
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