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Solar Flares
Solar activity is surging. Three large sunspots have materialized and at least one of them harbors energy for strong solar flares. An M2-class eruption on March 25th hurled a coronal mass ejection...
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DIY Solar Viewer
While we’re waiting for our Solar Telescope to arrive, you might like to try making your own solar viewer… and if you think this sounds like fun, have a look at the animations made out of Galileo’s...
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The Big Picture
One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has provided mankind’s deepest, most detailed visible view of the universe. Representing a narrow “keyhole”...
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The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some...
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Phenomena
Copley skies never cease to amaze and here is another fascinating instance of Flinders Ranges magic, captured by Di. What do you think it is?
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Fun in the Sun
The sun has broken a long spell in solar minimum this week with emergent activity ushering in sun cycle 24. Check out more excellent images of our favourite star. Image: Detailed closeup of magnetic...
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Flash!
Lightning in all directions electrified the skies last night! What a lightshow! Click here for a film clip taken from the Chapel bridge of lightning striking the northern horizon. The footage is...
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Heavenly Conjunction
A beautiful portent of love & fortune as Venus, Jupiter and the waxing Moon tango in Capricorn. Photograph: Anne-Maree Taranto
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January 26th Solar Eclipse
If my calculations are correct we will see a partial eclipse from 6.00 to 6.45 pm on Monday. Rather than burning out your retinas you might like to check out the rather elaborate animations at Shadow...
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