In this month: May
2nd May 1780 Sir William Herschel discovers the first binary star, Xi Ursae Majoris, also named Alula Australis, in the constellation of...
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Dr Toner Stevenson
Apr 27, 20191 min read
Sara Cabrera: an engaging talk by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Sara Cabrera is a Sydney City Skywatcher member and an active observer. Her curiousity to always learn more about astronomy took her...
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 6, 20191 min read
Did you know? Telescopes
This month ……. Telescopes. From the Greek “tele” meaning far, and “skopein” meaning to look or see Telescopes aren’t just for...
Elizabeth Cocking
Mar 31, 20192 min read
In this month: April
15th April 1970 Humans travel the furthest in space when the Apollo 13 crew reach 400,171 km from Earth in an attempt to return to Earth...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Mar 2, 20192 min read
Solar Observations: Dec 2018, Jan & Feb 2019
February 2019 For the month of February, 2019 it appeared to me that all Sunspot activity had ceased with all other activity remaining...
Elizabeth Cocking
Mar 2, 20192 min read
In this month - March
25th March 1655 Titan, Saturn’s largest moon was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens. Titan is considered the most...
Dr Toner Stevenson
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Stars for your Valentine: an outreach to remember
The stars shone bright on14 Feb at Centennial Parklands for Sydney City Skywatchers first outreach telescope viewing night of the year....
Elizabeth Cocking
Jan 31, 20192 min read
In this month - February
13 February 1633 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating the Copernican theory, which...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jan 6, 20191 min read
Did you know - Stars: the oldest, biggest and hottest of the bunch
Our first club meeting is on Monday 4 February at 6:30pm, with a presentation by Lesa Moore about astrobiology. The Oldest Star: One of...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 31, 20182 min read
In this Month - January
Happy New Year! 24th January 1986 Voyager 2 encounters Uranus. At its closest the spacecraft came to within 81,500 kilometres of Uranus's...
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