This on-line presentation by Associate Professor Benjamin Pope will inform and interest you in the images from the James Webb telescope and the resulting research.

Let's celebrate 2026! All members are welcome, registrations essential.

Find out why the solar wind stays so hot and more interesting astronomical news, Variable stars and investigation of the Universe's lithium.

Windsor Observatory, 2025. Photo T. Stevenson Sydney City Skywatcher members, and family/friends, are invited to visit John Tebbutt's observatory in Windsor on Sunday 1 November. John Tebbutt was the first president of the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association (now Sydney City Skywatchers). This is an outreach opportunity to see the exhibition called 'Starry Night: the World of John Tebbutt' about Windsor Observatory and other exhibits at the Hawkesbu

Chris Wyatt, comet chaser, will be talking about how he got into comets, how he started observing them and how he found all these great connections.

One of the short talks at our AGM and members' night on 7 October 2026

During August I was able to observe the solar photosphere on twelve mornings at 10am. This was over two distinct groups as after Aug 12 weather and a trip away meant I could not observe again until August 24, and I was home on 3 more sunny mornings at the end of the month. Figures 1a and 1b show the sunspot activity. Figure 1a shows that sunspot activity started strongly at the beginning of August then dropped constantly, until by Aug 10 there were no sunspots at all. Figure

This research investigates how John Tebbutt gained celebrity fame in the 1860s.

Report by Toner Stevenson A small group of Skywatchers travelled to Spain for the 2026 total solar eclipse: myself, Ron Stevenson and Melissa Hulbert from SASI. Our accommodation for the eclipse was at Hotel Rural 3 Cabos, in El Vallin in Asturias, a mountainous region on the north west coast of Spain. As per its name we could view 3 capes and gorgeous scenery from the hotel, and hear and see cows, chickens and horsesfrom the neighbouring farms. The eclipse was due on Wednesd

During July I was able to observe the solar photosphere on sixteen mornings at 10am. Sunspots were observed using a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. Figure 1 shows that sunspot activity started strongly early in July, then fell away sharply mid-month before increasing again. Figure 1: Graphic representation of sunspot activity during July 2026 through a 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope and an 8x50 finder-scope, both fitted with full-aperture solar filters. The Relative