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Elizabeth Cocking
Oct 16, 20192 min read
Did you know? The Southern Cross
The Southern Cross is an iconic constellation steeped in our nation’s history and culture. The photograph in this post was taken by...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Oct 14, 20191 min read
Solar observations: September 2019
Sunspot activity for the month of September remained extremely low however, on the 1st September two very small Bxi spots were observed...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 30, 20192 min read
In this month: October
EVENTS 31st October 1992 Pope John Paul II pardons Galileo for his views. The Catholic church condemned Galileo in 1633 for his...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Sep 30, 20192 min read
Solar Observations: August 2019
Coronal Holes were observed at the end of July, beginning of August by Space Weather.com - these are shown in the image above from NASA's...
Ann Cairns
Sep 29, 20192 min read
Stargazing and Amateur Astronomy Outreach by Members
In addition to the informative talks at our monthly meetings Sydney City Skywatchers (SCS) offers or assists at public sky viewings. Over...
Elizabeth Cocking
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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This month Pluto…. Once our ninth planet Pluto was demoted to “dwarf planet’ in 2006. However, with the New Horizons mission enigmatic...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 31, 20192 min read
In this month: September
26th September 1905 Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity is published. It is the generally accepted and experimentally confirmed...
Monty Leventhal OAM
Aug 14, 20191 min read
Solar Observations: July 2019
For the month of July, 2019 and during my 21 days of solar observations I did not see any Sunspot activity. The only activity that was...
Elizabeth Cocking
Aug 11, 20191 min read
Did you know: time and space
This month ….. the incredibly quick to the incredibly long and everything in between It takes the Sun 225 million years to travel once...
Elizabeth Cocking
Jul 31, 20192 min read
In this month: August
28th August 1789 Saturn’s moon Enceladus is discovered by Sir William Herschel during the first use of his new 1.2 m telescope, then the...
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