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...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 20, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, News
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS has been hitting the conference and function sectors hard, with events being cancelled left, right and centre due to travel and gathering restrictions and general health concerns. Unfortunately that includes this year’s National Australian...
by Jonathan Nally | Feb 17, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Variable stars
Above: Before and after images of the star Betelgeuse. Astronomers suspect the changes are due to changes in convection activity on the Betelgeuse’s surface or obscuration by clouds of dust surrounding the star. ESO/M. Montargès et al. OBSERVATIONS MADE WITH THE...
by Jonathan Nally | Jan 14, 2020 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Features, News
ECLIPSES, OPPOSITIONS, SPECTACULAR CONJUNCTIONS, a close encounter between Venus and the Pleiades and many more celestial sights await stargazers this year. Here’s our list of events to mark in your calendar. All of them are as seen from mid-latitudes in the Southern...
by Jonathan Nally | Jan 9, 2020 | News, Space missions
NASA’s buoyant robot roams under the sea-ice near Australia’s Casey research station. Photo: NASA/JPL/SETI Institute/Australian Antarctic Division. A PROTOTYPE OF A ROBOT designed to explore underneath the ice crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa, has been tested at...
