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Did you know? The James Webb telescope
Bigger and better than the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Telescope (JWST) will look way back in time. The JWST will orbit at...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 10, 20222 min read
In this month: June 2022
HISTORICAL EVENTS 10th June 2003 NASA launches the rover Spirit to explore Mars and search for signs of past life on the planet. One of...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Did you know? The Light Year...
This month . . . The Light Year. A unit of distance, not time. A light year is an astronomical measurement of the distance light travels...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 12, 20221 min read
Selected Solar Observations April 2022
By Monty Leventhal OAM The first observation for the month of April was made on the 2nd due to cloud cover on the 1st. Sunspot activity...
andrew14613
May 5, 20223 min read
The Astronomers Bulletin: April-June 2022
In this Issue: ORCS in Space Triffid Nebula Cosmic Encounters Solar Observations Damoiseau Crater Jupiter's Atmospher
Janette Brennan
May 3, 20221 min read
In this month: May 2022
Historical astronomical events, and people who were born this month and have influenced our understanding of the cosmos. 18th May 1991...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 20224 min read
Dust: wipe it or keep it, it's ubiquitous
Presented by Dr Tayyabar Zafar on Monday 2 May, 6:30pm. One percent of the material in interstellar space is in the form of tiny dust...
Dirk Goës
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Formation of large Sunspot Group
A prominent group of sunspots is currently observable using safe solar viewing methods. [See the following article:...
andrew14613
Apr 23, 20221 min read
Did you know?...Dwarf planets
So, what is a dwarf planet …… Dwarf planets share many of the same characteristics as planets with one significant difference … a planet...
Elizabeth Cocking
Apr 17, 20221 min read
Selected Solar Observations
Monty Leventhal OAM March 2022 Due to very bad weather the 9th March was the first opportunity to get an observation of the Sun. A new...
andrew14613
Apr 7, 20222 min read
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