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Aboriginal Skies - presented by Paul Curnow, Adelaide Planetarium, University of South Australia
Wednesday 6th October 2021 6:30pm ​ Aboriginal Australians have been looking at the night sky for thousands of years. During this...
Dirk Goës
Sep 21, 20212 min read


Partial Lunar Eclipse - Sydney 19 November
Following the spectacular total lunar eclipse of 26 May 2021 Sydney-siders are to be treated to a partial lunar eclipse. DATE:19 November...
Dirk Goës
Sep 21, 20212 min read


Pioneering Women of the British Astronomical Association - Presented by Mike Frost, BAA
Monday 1st November 2021 6:30 to 8pm ​ Presented by Mike Frost, Historical Section Director, British Astronomical Association The British...
Dirk Goës
Sep 21, 20211 min read


Did You know?...Equinoxes.
There are two equinoxes every year. The March equinox also known as the autumnal equinox, and the September equinox or the spring...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 9, 20211 min read


Solar Observations: August 2021
By Monty Leventhal OAM IN SUMMARY Summing up, sunspot activity for solar cycle 25 has remained very low with Prominences & Filaments...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 6, 20213 min read


In this month: September
9th September 1892 Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter, is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard using the 36 inch (91 cm) refractor telescope at...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 1, 20213 min read


Observing Double Stars by Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood is an amateur astronomer and member of Sydney City Skywatchers. He has spent much of covid outside at night on Dharawal...
Andrew Wood
Aug 25, 20217 min read


Did you know? Artificial Satellites
This month . . . Artificial Satellites. From the launch of Sputnik which lead to the start of the Space Race between the Soviet Union...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 9, 20212 min read


In this month: August 2021
15th August 1977 The Wow! signal is received by the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University. The original record, preserved by...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 1, 20214 min read


Observations under lockdown: the solar cycle
Garry Dalrymple, Sydney City Skywatchers historian, is an avid TROVE searcher, currently ‘mining’ the 1895 to 1930 articles from the...
Garry Dalrymple
Jul 28, 20213 min read
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