Comet 10P Tempel 2 Visible in August 2026
If Pearly Beach does not have clear skies, there's always the Little Karoo just around the corner.
Tried to rework these four iconic DSO's, but the weather was having none of it.
Was looking forward to a few hours of dark skies prior to the Moon clearing the eastern horizon, but within an hour or so of setting up, the mist rolled in.
Messier 17 and 18 are just a 40-minute total stack of 60 second subs while the Cat’s Paw Nebula or NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 the Lobster Nebula is a scant 10 minutes of data collected.


Southern Cape Astronomy Club meets at least once a month for stargazing or observation evenings close to new Moon or during astronomical related events. The well-established club is based in Pearly Beach just outside Gansbaai.
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Read MoreIf Pearly Beach does not have clear skies, there's always the Little Karoo just around the corner.
The Moon occults Saturn and it's largest moon Titan early on Friday morning...
Jaco Koekemoer provided an excellent description of the event "Suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I saw a blinding gold-coloured flash in the direction of Gansbaai.
Come and catch some starlight and join us on the Village Green at Pearly Beach for an evening of stargazing...
Where to find the naked eye planets in March and comet C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) is visible in our evening skies...
It's full moon tomorrow 19 February 2019 at 17:54.