Conjunction: Moon, Venus and Mars

Conjunction!

Dazzling Venus

Why do we only see Venus in the West?

Above: The Large Magellanic Cloud. Canon 60D on Star Adventurer mount, 24mm lens, 3 minutes, f4.5, ISO 1600, cropped. Following our visit … More

I had the pleasure and privilege of touring the Parkes Radio Astronomy Telescope last weekend with a group of my … More

Our neighbouring planet Venus recently returned to the evening sky and will dominate the Western sky after sunset until Ocober. … More

Magnificent Venus returned to the evening sky in July 2016 and will remain dominant in the Western sky until March … More

All images © R.Powell

Campbelltown Rotary Observatory is owned by Western Sydney University and is located in the appropriately named Milky Way, behind the … More

Clouds can spoil our observing nights but they make great sunsets. We call our observing site “Stargard”. It was named … More

No astronomy album can be complete without some images of our nearest star. I took these shots of the Sun in 2012, … More

2015-06-27 Venus Jupiter Sunset – Wide Angle Jupiter and Venus are edging towards a very close conjunction on 1st July. … More

2015-06-20 Moon Venus Jupiter 18mm. (c) R.Powell On 20th June 2015 the crescent Moon passed close to Venus … More