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Solar Observations: September 2020
Monty's Solar observations : we now appear to be in deep minimum!
Monty Leventhal OAM
Oct 6, 20202 min read
In this month: October
NASA becomes operational (1958) ; Luna 3 photographs the far side of the Moon (1959) : the Parker solar probe approaches the Sun (2018)
Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 1, 20203 min read
DEEP SKY SOUTH : Octans - The Octant
"...small telescope users can have fun testing out their optics on a range of double stars." This article describes some of the Deep Sky...
Andrew Wood
Sep 18, 20206 min read
Did You know? Intentional crash landings
This Month . . . Intentional crashed landings. Things that go bump in the night! Sometimes it helps astronomers and space engineers to...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 11, 20202 min read
Solar observations: August 2020
For the month of August 2020 Sunspot activity was quite low during my observations with only five spot groups observed, most were single...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 5, 20202 min read
In this month: September
Every month Elizabeth Cocking, long time member of Sydney City Skywatchers and current secretary, researches interesting historical...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 1, 20203 min read
Did you know? Saturn's Rings
This month . . . . Saturn’s rings. One of the most majestic sights in the night sky. Saturn’s rings are enormous, but they are also...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 10, 20202 min read
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
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