Lunar Occultation of Saturn & Titan
The Moon occults Saturn and it's largest moon Titan early on Friday morning...
With the Moon just a few days after new, join us for an evening of stargazing outside the Herbarium at Pearly Beach.
Guests have been treated to some brilliant winter skies over the last few weeks. With the Milky Way at the zenith, the region between Scorpius and Sagittarius has some gorgeous deep sky objects to point the 12” to. And with Spring upon us, Aquila and Lyra can be seen in the north east with some bright planetary nebulae visible. Contact me for further information on stargazing evenings for you or your guests.
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...