by Jonathan Nally | Jun 12, 2021 | Astronomy, News
HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL FIND in the Jul/Aug 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: Relics of...
by Jonathan Nally | Jun 4, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, News, Telescopes
Optronics Technologies, the company behind well-known astronomical supplier Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, has announced that it has bought telescope maker Meade Instruments. The acquisition has been approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central...
by Jonathan Nally | Mar 3, 2021 | News, Space missions
ABOVE: Part of Perseverance’s new high-definition panoramic image of its landing site on Mars. NASA has released a new high-definition panoramic image from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, as the wheeled craft prepares to start exploring its new home. Perseverance...
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...
by Jonathan Nally | Feb 9, 2021 | Amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Deep sky, Features, Galaxies, News, Telescopes
Here’s what you’ll find in the Mar/Apr 2021 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine — on sale this week at your local newsagent, or you can subscribe to the print or digital edition. Features: How did we get the asteroid belt? — Asteroids might tell us...
by Jonathan Nally | Aug 21, 2020 | Astronomy, News, Space missions
Above: Artist’s impression of Hayabusa2 nearing Earth in December 2020. Image ©Akihiro Ikeshita. AUSTRALIA HAS GIVEN the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) official approval to land the sample-return module of its Hayabusa2 spacecraft on Australian soil in...
