Printable Black and White chart for locating Comet 12P 10April-10 May. Click to embiggen and print. Use with a red light torch (or a standard torch with red cellophane over it) to preserve your night vision. Printable Black and White Binocular chart for locating Comet 12P. The circle represents the approximate field of view of 10x50 binoculars.Click to embiggen and print. Use with a red light torch (or a standard torch with red cellophane over it) to preserve your night vision. Photo realistic view of the evening sky simulated in Stellarium for Sunday, April 14 as seen fro ..read more

The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday, April 16. Jupiter is very low in the north-western twilight sky and is near the crescent Moon on the 11th. Comet 12P Pons-Brooks may be visible near Jupiter on the 14 and willl progressively climb higher over the week. In the morning Mars and Saturn spectacularly close on the 11th.Venus is barely visible low in the morning twilight below the pair.  The First Quarter Moon is Tuesday, April 16.  Evening sky on Thursday, April 11 as seen from Adelaide at 18:51 ACST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Jupiter is low above the north-western ho ..read more

Total Solar Eclipse as seen from Dallas, Texas on 8 April (US time 9April in Australia). Simulated in Stellarium. Chart of the path of the solar eclipse from Fred Espenak's eclipse site  Sadly, none of the 2024 total solar eclipse is visible from Australia. However, there are several live streams of the event we Southern Hemispherians can log into. Again, sadly, the eclipse is starting at 16:38 UT on the 8th, and is greatest at 18:17 UT. This translates to around 2 am and 4 am on the 9th (Tuesday) in Eastern Australia, so you have to be up very, very early. If you are a dieh ..read more

ISS as seen from Brisbane on the evening of  Saturday 7 April at 4:27 AEST. Simulated in Stellarium,  the ISS is passing directly over the Moon. Click to embiggen. ISS  as seen from Adelaide on the evening of  Friday 5 April at 6:59 ACDST. Simulated in Stellarium (the ISS will actually be a bright dot). Click to embiggen. ISS as seen from Perth on the evening of  Friday 5 April at 6:03 AWST. Simulated in Stellarium (the ISS will actually be a bright dot). Click to embiggen. All sky chart showing local times from Heavens Above for Sa ..read more

The New Moon is Tuesday, April 9. Daylight savings ends April 7. Jupiter is low in the north-western twilight sky and is bracketed by the crescent Moon on the 10th and 11th. In the morning Mars and Saturn come closer together ahead of their close approach on the 11th.Venus is visible low in the morning twilight below the pair. From the 6th to the 8th the crescent Moon joins the lineup. Over the next few mornings you may be able to see the International Space Station near the line up. The New Moon is Tuesday, April 9. There is a total eclipse of the Sun visible from North and Central America,&n ..read more

The Last Quarter Moon is Tuesday, April 2. Jupiter is low in the north-western twilight sky and sets around half an hour after the sky is fully dark. Jupiter and Uranus are within binocular distance of each other all this week. Venus is visible low in the morning twilight below Mars. Saturn climbs above Venus. The Last Quarter Moon is Tuesday, April 2.    Evening sky on Saturday, March 30 as seen from Adelaide at 20:07 ACDST (60 minutes after sunset). Jupiter is low above the north-western horizon and within binocular distance of  Uranus.  The inset is the telesc ..read more

The Full Moon is Monday March 25. There is a very disappointing penumbra eclipse at this time (low in the evening twilight). Jupiter is low in the north-western twilight sky and sets around half an hour after the sky is fully dark. Jupiter and Uranus are within binocular distance of each other by the end of the week. Venus is visible in the morning twilight below Mars. Saturn is close to Venus and is closest on the 22nd. The Full Moon is Monday March 25. There is a very disappointing penumbral lunar eclipse at this time, where the outer part of earth’s shadow brushes against the Moon, resultin ..read more

Stack of 30x 1 second exposures at ISO 3200 with my canon IXUS "point and shoot" on 8 March. Click to embiggen. Black and White printable map for locating Vesta at s asimilar scale to the images. Elnath and zeta Tau (Tianguan) are fairly obvious and Vesta is near 121 Tau. Click to embiggen Photorealistic map for locating Vesta (and in conjunction with the printable map). Elnath and zeta Tau (Tianguan) are fairly obvious and Vesta is near 121 Tau. Click to embiggen. Stack of 30x 1 second exposures at ISO 3200 with my canon IXUS "point and shoot" on 8 March. Click to embigge ..read more

Black and White printable Black and White printable Northern horizon map for locating Vesta. Map is set at astronomical twilight,  21:12 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset. Elnath and zeta Tau (Tianguan) are fairly obvious below Orion. Click  to embiggen and print.and print. Black and White printable map for locating Vesta suitable for binoculars. Elnath and zeta Tau (Tianguan) are fairly obvious and Vesta is near 121 Tau. The circle is the approximate field of view of 10x50 binoculars. Click  to embiggen and print. Photrealistic Northern horizon map for locatin ..read more

The New Moon is Sunday March 10. Jupiter is low in the north-western sky but still dominates the early evening sky. On the 14th the crescent Moon is near Jupiter. Venus is visible in the morning twilight below Mars. on the 8th the crescent Moon, Mars and Venus form a line, on the 9th the thin crescent Moon is close to Venus, Mars  continues to climb away from Venus as the week progresses. The New Moon is Sunday March 10. The Moon is at perigee, when it is closest to the Earth, on the 10th as well. Evening sky on Thursday, March 14 as seen from Adelaide at 20:30 ACDST (60 minutes aft ..read more