This illustrated talk about the Moon is at Sydney Observatory on Monday 2 February, 2026.

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Read about great solar prominences, binary star evolution, the future of the AAT and more.

Andrew's setup at the Frogmore Astro Camp. Photo by Andrew Wood. By Andrew Wood For visual observing especially, light pollution greatly diminishes the experience of observing deep sky objects – star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. Even with the sophisticated imaging equipment available today that enables those who like to take images of these objects in less-than-ideal skies, a dark sky will make the images even better. Finding a dark place, unless you live on a rural prop

Listening to Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell speak gave us direct personal insight into how she made her discovery of pulsars and she generously expanded on this in her response to questions from the audience.

The following describes objects in our night sky for October and is especially written for beginning observers. Moon Phases The Deep Sky...