by Jonathan Nally | Jul 3, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Planets
ABOVE: An artist’s impression showing a Neptune-sized planet in the ‘Neptunian Desert’. It is extremely rare to find an object of this size and density so close to its star. Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick. THE SURVIVING CORE OF A GAS GIANT...
by Jonathan Nally | Jun 19, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Features, News
ABOVE: City lights below can spoil our view of the stars above. Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO. By Marnie Ogg ASTRONOMERS NATURALLY REVEL IN THE DARK, yet for hundreds of years the disciples of the night sky have watched it disappear into a haze of light pollution. As...
by Jonathan Nally | May 31, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Features, News, Telescopes
Above: An artist’s impression of gas swirling into a black hole. The Dynamic REd All-Sky Monitoring Survey (DREAMS) telescope will try to spot infrared radiation from black holes, neutron stars, quasars and many other objects in deep space. A NEW INFRARED...
by Jonathan Nally | May 27, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy
ABOVE: TG Tan and the PEST Observatory in his backyard, with which he hunts for transiting exoplanets. EVERY TWO YEARS, AUSTRALIA’S PROFESSIONAL ASTRONOMERS bestow the Berenice and Arthur Page Medal on an amateur astronomer who has made significant scientific...
by Jonathan Nally | Apr 15, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
TWO MORE AMATEUR ASTRONOMY EVENTS have had to be cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and health concerns. The StarStuff 2020 festival, which was to have taken place in Byron Bay in July, will now not go ahead, and neither will the Central West Astronomical...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 28, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
Given the current world situation and the necessary restrictions on travel and gatherings, as well as the increasing closedown of non-essential services, it’s possible you could have trouble getting hold of Australian Sky & Telescope if you normally buy it from...
