Astronomy

Keep the skies dark in New Zealand

Moscow from orbit, 2012.

The Mackenzie Basin is already an area where light is controlled to help the telescopes at Mt John do their work. But with any luck the area will be declared a Starlight Reserve where the skies are kept particularly dark.

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Star light comet bright

Comet Lovejoy.

An early morning visit to the top of Mt Victoria in Wellington, New Zealand let me enjoy the spectacle of Comet Lovejoy.

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We should all see this sky sometime

Sky from the Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile.

What a beautiful dark, clear sky there is at the Paranal Observatory, Atacama Desert, Chile. 1159 photos went into a timelapse movie, published on Flickr.

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From minute to monster, which binoculars are just right?

Binoculars lineup.

I’ve progressed in binocular ownership from a tiny ‘daypack’ pair to a truly monster set. Read on to find out how they all shape up.

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Matariki at dawn

Carter Observatory: signs.

I celebrate the dawn of a new year, as we mark the time when the Pleiades and Rigel first appear above the horizon in the East at dawn.

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30 metres of data from the universe

Centaurus A.

The new 5,500 Km wide radio telescope array downunder is making detailed observations of galaxies.

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