Features | Australian Sky and Telescope

Here’s what’s in our Mar/Apr issue

The Mar/Apr 2021 issue of Australian Sky & Telescope magazine is out this week.

Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft, carrying samples of asteroid Ryugu, will parachute to a landing at Woomera in South Australian in December 2020.

Dark sky campaigners are gearing up for a world-record attempt at measuring light pollution on June 21.

The 0.5-metre Dynamic REd All-Sky Monitoring Survey (DREAMS) scope will continually scan the southern sky, looking for transient events.

Eclipses, oppositions, spectacular conjunctions and a close encounter between Venus and the Pleiades await stargazers this year.

The McNamara-Saunders Astronomical Teaching Telescope 2 will enable students in years 9 to 12 to explore the universe while learning about astronomy.