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Solar Observations: July 2020
JULY 2020... The Bureau of Meteorology has not yet released its July 2020 report, however, there was 183 mm of rainfall in Sydney (the...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Aug 3, 20202 min read
In this month: August
13th August 1898 The asteroid Eros is discovered by the German astronomer Gustav Witt at the Urania Observatory in Berlin, and...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 1, 20204 min read
Did you know? Naming planets
This month . . . . Naming the three planets in our solar system discovered in “modern” times was not a straightforward process. There...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 17, 20203 min read
Solar Observations: June 2020
Monty has been observing regularly but over the past few months his reports have not been happy ones because the Sun has not been very...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Jul 17, 20202 min read
In this month: July
4 July 1054 Chinese astronomers notice a star explode becoming a supernova in the constellation Taurus. It remained visible in the night...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Did you know? Orion
This month . . . . Orion Named after the mythological Greek hunter, the constellation Orion is one of the most famous, and...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 8, 20202 min read
In this month: June
2 June 1966 Surveyor 1, the first of the Surveyor robotic spacecraft, soft lands on the Moon. It was the first American spacecraft to...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jun 1, 20203 min read
Did you know? - "The Dish"
The Parkes Telescope - “The Dish” - from its historic role in the Apollo 11 Moon landing to looking for ET it has played an important...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 11, 20202 min read
In this month: May
13 May 1861 John Tebbutt discovers the Great Comet of 1861, also known as Comet C/1861 J1, one of the most brilliant comets known. He...
Elizabeth Cocking
May 1, 20203 min read
125 years of citizen astronomy!
2020 is an important year for citizen astronomy in New South Wales with the assembly, and first meeting to form the British Astronomical...
Dr Toner Stevenson, President
Apr 27, 20201 min read
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