by Jonathan Nally | Oct 21, 2021 | Astronomy, Planets
Above: Now classed as a dwarf planet, Pluto was discovered in February 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. Image credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI/A. Parker. By David Ellyard AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE FINDING PLANETS by the hundred orbiting stars other than our own, it is worth recalling the...
by Jonathan Nally | Oct 4, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Deep sky, News
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the Nov/Dec 2021 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale October 7. Pick up a copy at your local newsagent or get the digital issue. You can also save some money by subscribing to the print or digital editions. Features:...
by Jonathan Nally | Sep 29, 2021 | Astronomy, News, Planets
Above: Jupiter and its Great Red Spot, with the moon Europa on the left. The image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on 25 August 2020, when the planet was 653 million kilometres from Earth. Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M....
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 20, 2021 | Astronomy, News
THESE IMAGES of the aurora australis or ‘southern lights’ were taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station, orbiting at an altitude of 438 kilometres above ground level. The aurora australis (and its Northern Hemisphere sibling, the aurora borealis) is...
by Jonathan Nally | Jun 12, 2021 | Astronomy, News
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the Sep/Oct 2021 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — out now. Pick up a copy at your local newsagent, or grab the digital issue. You can also save some money by subscribing to the print or digital editions. Features: Mystery...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 3, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Meteors, News
A new festival that celebrates our historic and current connection with the night sky, will be held at Earth Sanctuary in Alice Springs from May 6 to 14, 2021. The Dark Skies Festival “will take visitors on a journey of light, sound and darkness beneath one of the...
