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Interacting binary stars
Stars that pull each other apart, merge, and explode A still from an animation simulating a thermonuclear explosion occurring on the...
Dirk Goës
Apr 27 min read

Pretty as a pink partially eclipsed Moon!
Reports of the total lunar eclipse which occurred on 14 March 2025, as seen from eastern Australia.
sydneycityskywatch
Mar 143 min read

Sydney City Skywatchers 130-year Anniversary
130th anniversary of astronomy society highlights
Andrew Wood
Mar 92 min read

Louise Webster (1941-1990): the first astronomer to identify a black hole.
Celebrating Australian women in astronomy on International Womens Day
Toner Stevenson
Mar 75 min read

Solar activity this month: February 2025
Our active Sun in February 2025
Toner Stevenson
Feb 232 min read


Bessel to Gaia: Parallax comes full circle
Königsberg Observatory (left) where Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel made the first successful distance measurement to a star other than the Sun...
Dirk Goës
Feb 165 min read


How do we know that the universe is expanding and accelerating?
A short explanation An image from a video visualisation of the expanding and accelerating universe ( Credit : NASA's Goddard Space Flight...
Dirk Goës
Jan 711 min read

Astronomy videos
See below for my astronomy videos that I have created over the last 2-3 years. Episode 1 - Comets Episode 2 - Black Holes Episode 3 -...
Robert Luxford
Oct 30, 20241 min read

Vale Les Dalrymple (1962 - 2024)
By Jeff Portelli Les Dalrymple was passionate about astronomy, and an exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced amateur astronomer. He...
Jeff Portelli
Aug 23, 20242 min read

Our active Sun! July 2024
Sydney City Skywatchers member Garry Dalrymple has been observing sunspot activity lately with a small aperture telescope fitted with a...
Dirk Goës
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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