This month we feature Solar eclipses Depending on the alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth there can be between 2 and 5 solar eclipses...

28 August 1789 Saturn’s moon Enceladus is discovered by William Herschel using his new 1.2 m telescope which was then the largest in the...

This morning's total lunar eclipse as observed from Sydney, Australia, was a rare and spectacular event. Like many other keen Sydney City...

Lunar Eclipses are not rare events but they are spectacular and who can resist the longest eclipse of the century occurring Saturday...

Yesterday, 13 July, ominously a Friday, a very shallow eclipse of the Sun was visible from Melbourne. It was not a rare total eclipse...

SUMMARY For the month of June 2018 all Sunspot activity once again on the Sun remained extremely low. A total of 16 observations were...

This month we feature…. Nebula (plural Nebulae) Latin for “cloud”. The image above is of the great Orion Nebula - this is an object you...

28 July 1919 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is formed. This is an international association of professional astronomers...

This month we feature …. The Constellations (latin for “set of stars”) There are 88 constellations in the western astronomy night sky...

03 June 1769 the transit of Venus was observed from Tahiti and recorded by Captain James Cook, astronomer Charles Green, botanist Joseph...