Vale Michael Chapman, amateur astronomer and dark sky advocate

By Dirk Goës The March 2026 meeting was our first online Zoom meeting for the year. We welcomed all existing and new members and acknowledged First Nations peoples. 26 people attended the meeting including 24 members and two visitors. SCS President Dr Toner Stevenson gave an overview of the results of our member survey. The survey found that our members enjoy a mix of learning about amateur astronomy techniques as well as learning about what professional astronomers are

Observing the Sun with the Skywatcher’s solar telescope

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Early women in amateur astronomy in Sydney.

6:30pm, Monday 2 March 2026, astronomy talk by Dave Gault about occultations.

This is a quick summary of the first Sydney City Skywatchers meeting for 2026.

How to view the total eclipse of the Moon on 3 March 2026.

Photo by Ann Cairns This wonderful photo of the Moon about to occult Saturn was taken by SCS committee member Ann Cairns. Ann took the photo on the eastern grassy area of Sydney Observatory using a mobile phone camera held up to the eyepiece of a 4” (10 cm) Skywatcher refractor telescope in 2018. The photo demonstrates that getting started in astrophotography can be as simple as holding your smart phone up to a telescope eyepiece. The photo is also a good follow up to Dr A

Read about great solar prominences, binary star evolution, the future of the AAT and more.