Shallow Solar eclipse
Yesterday, 13 July, ominously a Friday, a very shallow eclipse of the Sun was visible from Melbourne. It was not a rare total eclipse...
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Monty Leventhal OAM
Jul 2, 20182 min read
Solar observations - June 2018
SUMMARY For the month of June 2018 all Sunspot activity once again on the Sun remained extremely low. A total of 16 observations were...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 1, 20181 min read
Did You know? Nebula (plural Nebulae)
This month we feature…. Nebula (plural Nebulae) Latin for “cloud”. The image above is of the great Orion Nebula - this is an object you...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 1, 20182 min read
In this month - July
28 July 1919 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is formed. This is an international association of professional astronomers...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 1, 20181 min read
Did you know? - the constellations
This month we feature …. The Constellations (latin for “set of stars”) There are 88 constellations in the western astronomy night sky...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 31, 20182 min read
In this month - June
03 June 1769 the transit of Venus was observed from Tahiti and recorded by Captain James Cook, astronomer Charles Green, botanist Joseph...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 22, 20181 min read
Guinness World Record Attempt
Sydney City Skywatchers combined with Sydney Observatory and thousands of others at Centennial Park on Wednesday 23rd May 2018, 7:00...
Monty Leventhal OAM
May 12, 20182 min read
Solar Observations for April 2018
Every morning, when our Sun is shining, our astronomy society president, Monty Leventhal, sets up his two telescopes to make solar...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 20181 min read
Did you know? - the planets
The Earth is not a sphere ! It is an oblate spheroid. Due to its rotation it bulges out at the equator about 43 km more than at the...
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 30, 20181 min read
In this month - May 2018
19 May 1910 Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley. Despite the superstitious belief of impending doom no catastrophes occurred....
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