Full Moon - 19 February 2019
It's full moon tomorrow 19 February 2019 at 17:54.
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Xmas Comet 46P Wirtanen
At magnitude +5 the comet is an easy binocular and naked eye target...
Stargazing Evening 13 October 2018
Join us for a stargazing evening on Saturday 13th October from 19:30 onwards.
Stargazing Evening September
With the Moon just a few days after new, join us for an evening of stargazing outside the Herbarium at Pearly Beach.
Lunar Eclipse & Mars's close approach
July's stargazing evening will be held at the Club's premises in Pearly Beach on the evening of the 27th July to coincide with the total lunar eclipse and Mars's close..
All about the evening star
Four of the five naked-eye planets are visible in our evening skies...
The "lost asteroid" 203 000 km from us
Passing at half the distance to the Moon, the "lost asteroid" was just 203 000 km from us on the 15th May...
Jupiter closest to Earth
This week, Jupiter is at opposition, making its closest approach to Earth for 2018. I caught the planet rising over Kleyn Kloof Nature Reserve...
Venus
Venus, setting in the west, is prominent shortly after sunset in our evening skies at present, but it's NO TOURIST PARADISE...
May's STARGAZING evening (Saturday 12th)
With no Moon around, come and catch some starlight with us...
Sirius, bright star & Nova ASASNN-18fv
If you look straight up at this time of the year after sunset, the first star to pop out during twilight is...
Stargazing Evening (17 March 2018)
Join us for an evening under the stars at Pearly Beach from around 20:00 onwards on Saturday 17 March.