Lunar Occultation of Saturn & Titan
The Moon occults Saturn and it's largest moon Titan early on Friday morning...
Weather permitting the Club's first stargazing evening of the year will be held on Saturday 13th January.
With the New Moon a few days away (17/01), the first stargazing evening of the year will be held on Saturday 13 January from 20:30 onwards, everyone is welcome. One of the targets for the evening will be the Carina Nebula, a large complex region of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina. The nebula is visible with the naked eye at an estimated distance of 6 500 light years away.
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 MoreThe 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.
At magnitude +5 the comet is an easy binocular and naked eye target...