Exploring the Jerrawangala National park
There is a reason I keep traveling to the South West of Nowra, it’s dark. If you need proof then look at any dark sky map online. Between Canberra and continue...
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Aurora Australis in Nowra
Whenever I hear of the possibility of Aurora being visible from latitudes as high as Nowra I immediately think about the scene in the Simpsons where Superintendent Chalmers questions an continue...
Bintel 12 Inch Dobsonian donated to Shoalhaven Astronomers
Earlier this month the club was contacted by a couple living in Parma. For several years they have housed a Bintel 12 Inch Dobsonian which has belonged to a gentleman continue...
Return to Tianjara
Friday the 28th of February marked the alignment of seven planets just after sunset. It was also a new moon which favoured a trip back up to the Tianjara Plateau. continue...
Comet C/2024 G3 Atlas
C/2024 G3 Atlas was first discovered in April 2024 by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System. It is an Oort Cloud Comet, thought to originate from a sphere of icy continue...
Observing at Tianjara
Tianjara is located 47 km south west of Nowra, it is a class two dark sky, and 768 metres above sea level. Tianjara’s only attraction is a large waterfall, a continue...