Did you know? Lunar Eclipses
A total Lunar Eclipse is due on Tuesday 8 November, 2022. It will be visible from Sydney and most of Australia and New Zealand. Lunar...
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sydneycityskywatch
May 25, 20214 min read
Tell your neighbours: there is a total Lunar Eclipse Wednesday 26 May, totality at 9:18pm
Total Lunar Eclipse 26 May 2021
Andrew Wood
Oct 12, 20206 min read
A Day in My Life of The Solar System
"I set out to observe as many Solar System objects as I could..."
Elizabeth Cocking
Nov 30, 20193 min read
In this month: December
11th December 1972 Apollo 17, the last of the Apollo missions, lands on the Moon. Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, still holds the...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 18, 20192 min read
Did you know? The Apollo missions
This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the Moon with a few little known facts of the Apollo missions. Where...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 30, 20192 min read
In this month: July 2019
5th July 1687 The book Principia is published by Sir Isaac Newton. Written in Latin with the title Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 31, 20192 min read
In this month: June
13th June 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the solar system. It was the...
Ross Mitchell
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Eclipse Party images
On 28 July Sydney City Skywatcher members, Ross and Trish, held a Lunar Eclipse party at Blues Point Park, North Sydney. They took some...
Dr Toner Stevenson
Jul 28, 20182 min read
Long Lunar Eclipse + Opposition of Mars
This morning's total lunar eclipse as observed from Sydney, Australia, was a rare and spectacular event. Like many other keen Sydney City...
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