Tag: binoculars
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A meander through the West Australian Night Sky 10th to 16th August 2024
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in SkyJust a reminder on how to measure 10 degrees in the night sky. A clenched upright fist held at arm’s length is 10 degrees, with a little imagination and a steady hand, stack them atop each other for multiples of 10 degrees; it doesn’t work if you have been drinking. Starting this week’s viewing tomorrow…
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The Gardens of the Night Sky 27th April to 3rd May 2024
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in SkyThe mornings are a veritable planetary feast, maybe head out with breakfast and cuppa to herald in the Dawn or ……. Drag the kids or grandchildren out of bed at 5.45am and look slightly north of due east and just under 10 deg. to find the planet Mercury, which in binoculars, will look like a…
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The Gardens of the Night Sky 25th to 31st March 2024
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in SkyWhoosh, another Month bites the dust. Go East young/old, man/woman. The eastern horizon has a wonderful trio of planets (called ‘wanderers’ in antiquity) 30 minutes before the onset of another glorious West Australian sunrise. Why ‘wanderers’? because they didn’t travel at the same speed as the stars and would occasionally freak the crap out of…
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The Gardens of the Sky 6th to 12th January 2024
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in SkyIf 2024 is your year for taking up astronomy, armed just with your eyes or if you are lucky, binoculars, this column is for you. I provide basic, unpretentious, easy to read information from a qualified astronomer; no re-tweets or cut and paste, but purely researched primary source information. Basic essentials for stargazing are a…
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