Amateur spectroscopy - useful and rewarding! Wed 3 April, 630pm
Presented by Ken McEwen, Via Zoom Hi my name is Ken McEwen an amateur astronomer a member of Sutherland Astronomical Society my...
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Toner Stevenson
Mar 75 min read
Women who measured stars for the Great Star Catalogue: Margaret Colville and Winsome Bellamy
Dr Toner Stevenson, History Affiliate, School of Humanities, The University of Sydney This blog post is to recognise Margaret Colville...
Toner Stevenson
Mar 41 min read
Sydney Observatory Tour - Monday 4 March, 630pm
Sydney City Skywatcher members are treated to a special tour of Sydney Observatory. The Observatory has a long history in astronomy and...
Elizabeth Cocking
Feb 72 min read
Did you know? Binary Stars
The dictionary defines binary as “composed of or involving two things”, so a binary star is a system composed of two stars which orbit ...
Elizabeth Cocking
Feb 53 min read
Astronomical happenings in February
20 February 1962 John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth in his Friendship 7 spacecraft circling it three times. The...
Toner Stevenson
Feb 12 min read
Radio Astronomy walk : 11 Feb 2024
Date and time: 9am Sunday 11 February Departing from: Rodney Reserve, Dover Heights, NSW End of tour: Watson's Bay Hotel at approx. 11am....
Janette Brenan
Jan 251 min read
The Astronomers' Bulletin Jan to Mar '24
Featuring images of Uranus from the James Webb telescope, Sirius B and many more highlights to kick-off 2024. You can download the issue...
sydneycityskywatch
Jan 52 min read
Reflections on Sydney Amateur Astronomy 1885–1960, Monday 5 Feb, 6:30pm
'From Madsen to Beames: Reflections on Sydney Amateur Astronomy 1885–1960 and some ‘Large Telescopes’ presented by Professor Wayne...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 31, 20233 min read
Astronomical happenings in January
Happy New Year! Elizabeth Cocking continues this astronomical blog post sequence in 2024. Each month she looks back on astronomical...
Elizabeth Cocking
Dec 16, 20232 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...
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