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The Sky This Month - January 2021

On 02 Jan, 2021 By garyboyle@xplor...

Orion’s Many Colours - Part 1

As the bright stars of the winter sky rise in the east, we witness a great mythological battle that has been raging for thousands of years. With his mighty shield and raised club, Orion the Hunter has been locked in this imaginary confrontation with Taurus the Bull. The constellation Orion is one of the most iconic groupings of distant suns.

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The Sky This Month - December 2020

On 02 Dec, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

The Great Conjunction

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The Sky This Month - October 2020

On 02 Dec, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

Rising Pegasus

The Great Square of Pegasus depicting the mythological winged horse is now high in the eastern sky. Pegasus is one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolomy sometime after 150 BC and was part of the story of the “Royal Family of Constellations”. The story depicts King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia sacrificing their daughter Andromeda to the sea creature Cetus to appease the angry gods. Our hero Perseus the Hunter saves Andromeda and they both ride off on Pegasus.

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Mars makes closest approach to Earth for next 15 years Oct 6

On 29 Sep, 2020 By Anonymous (not verified)

Mars makes closest approach to Earth for next 15 Years on October 6

October 6 - The red planet will be making its closest approach to Earth in 15 years. This will give us an incredible look at our planetary neighbour.

A week after this, Mars will reach opposition. An opposition is when Earth is located in a straight line directly between the sun and another orbiting planet in our solar system. Mars oppositions happen around every other year. This year’s opposition is on Oct 13, however a week earlier will be the best time to observe Mars.

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The Sky This Month - September 2020

On 02 Sep, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

Rising Pegasus

The Great Square of Pegasus depicting the mythological winged horse is now high in the eastern sky. Pegasus is one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolomy sometime after 150 BC and was part of the story of the “Royal Family of Constellations”. The story depicts King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia sacrificing their daughter Andromeda to the sea creature Cetus to appease the angry gods. Our hero Perseus the Hunter saves Andromeda and they both ride off on Pegasus.

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The Sky This Month - August 2020

On 02 Aug, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

NEOWISE – The Little Comet That Did

Not since the memorable appearances of Comets Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997 has the world had the opportunity to see and photograph a fantastic naked-eye comet. Discovered on March 27, 2020, Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE rounded the sun on July 3 at a close approach of 43 million kilometres and survived. Two other comets namely Atlas and Swan fizzled out a few months prior and so did our opportunity to see these celestial visitors.

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The Sky This Month - July 2020

On 13 Jul, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

Comet NEOWISE

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The Sky This Month - June 2020

On 02 Jun, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

Bootes

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The Sky This Month - May 2020

On 30 Apr, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

A Virtual Astronomy Day

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The Sky This Month - April 2020

On 02 Apr, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

Stargazing, A Way To De-stress


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