Astronomy Basics
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 5-9 May, 2024
The north-eastern horizon as seen from Adelaide at 5:00 am ACST, the eta Aquariid radiant is marked with a starburst. ...
Thursday May 2 to Thursday May 9
The New Moon is Wednesday, May 8. Comet 12P Pons-Brooks is visible in binoculars and will progressively climb higher over ...
Daylight Occulation of Saturn, morning Saturday May 4, 2024
Map of the Occultation path of the Moon and Saturn. The occultaion is on the 3rd UT, which is the ...
Buying a Strain Wave Mount? You Have Options
If you’re new to astrophotography, one of the first pieces of equipment you will need to purchase is an equatorial ...
All The Things You Might Be
Apparently the great American songwriter Jerome Kern didn’t like Jazz at all. It’s ironic therefore that his tune All The ...
The Children of Men by P.D. James
When I finished reading Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James I realized that there was one other book by ...
The further adventures of Comet 12P-Pons_Brooks 27 April-27 May, 2024.
Comet 12P Pons-Brooks hype continues (the “once in a life-time” comet, which is true for most comets). As the comet ...
Black Rook in Rainy Weather – Sylvia Plath
On the stiff twig up thereHunches a wet black rookArranging and rearranging its feathers in the rain-I do not expect ...
Uncle Rod’s Astro Blog: Issue 603: My Eclipse…
Eclipse morning at Chaos Manor South. The eclipse it came, and the eclipse it went, muchachos. This is your Old ...
Occultation of Sigma Scorpii, morning, April 27, 2024
North-west morning sky on Saturday, April 27 as seen from Adelaide at 02:01 ACST. The Moon is just about to ...
