by Jonathan Nally | Mar 20, 2022 | Astronomy, News
ABOVE: To us, it is obvious that the Sun is the centre of the Solar System. But it wasn’t so clear to everyone thousands of years ago. Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech. Article by David Ellyard WHO FIRST PROPSED THAT THE SUN, rather than the Earth, lay at the centre of...
by Jonathan Nally | Feb 14, 2022 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the Mar/Apr 2022 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — out now. 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: Rock on —...
by Jonathan Nally | Dec 10, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News, Telescopes
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — out now!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: The short,...
by Jonathan Nally | Dec 7, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
ABOVE: A helicopter faces off with the Sun and the Moon during December 4’s solar eclipse. TASMANIAN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER Peter Sayers was in just the right place at just the right time to snap this amazing shot of a helicopter photobombing the partially eclipsed Sun on...
by Jonathan Nally | Nov 27, 2021 | Astronomy, News
Above: Hamilton Secondary College’s new planetarium has a full-dome ceiling and cutting edge projection equipment. SOUTH AUSTRALIA’S SECOND PERMANENT PLANETARIUM has been officially opened at Hamilton Secondary College in Adelaide’s suburbs. The planetarium is part of...
by Jonathan Nally | Nov 21, 2021 | Astronomy, News
ABOVE: By tracking sunspots, David and Johannes Fabricius showed that the Sun rotates — another nail in the coffin for an unchanging universe. Credit: NASA/SDO/HMI. By David Ellyard WHEN WE THINK OF THE PEOPLE who started modern astronomy, 400 or 500 years ago —...
