Join Leon and guest host Alyshia, as they explore the Boorloo night sky this November.Grab your M&M's and settle in because this month's sky contains multitudes - the Milky Way, Mercury, Mars and meteors will all be visible in the western sky!Not too far away from these you can use a telescope to find a telescope! The constellation Telescopium is visible, but it's a faint one so make sure you have your eyes peeled.
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October 2025 - Triangles, Meteor Showers and Mercury. Oh My!
The western night sky! Join Leon and Sharna as they guide you through our night sky throughout October. From sunset to the early hours of the morning, you can see triangles, meteors, Mercury and more.The October sky has something for everyone.
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September 2025 - Stargazing! Total Eclipse of the Blood Moon & a bad impression of a magpie.
Leon is joined by guest, & producer Morgan while Beth is away. What's in the sky?Total Lunar Eclipse + Blood Moon - 7th SeptemberEquinox - where the days will be getting longer. Planets:Saturn's Rings (best viewed 21st September) Constellations: The Southern BirdsPhoenixGrus the CraneTucana the ToucanPavo the Peacock For more stargazing stuff check out Leon's monthly blog - "The Sky Tonight"https://www.scitech.org.au/explore/the-sky-tonight/
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August 2025 - Stargazing! A "normal" constellation hides a fascinating galaxy cluster
The Night Sky! It's all about the Milkyway in August (just look up & and maybe cover your neighbours light). Southern Hemisphere misses out on the Perseid meteor shower (lucky you if you're in the north!)Planets: Jupiter and Venus are visible in the morning of the 12th & 13th August. Constellation of the Month: Norma - The Set Square doesn't have much greek mythology, but there's something mysterious hiding out there just beyond our view called "the great attractor."Beth goes on an exciting new adventure!
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Milky Way Magic: Your Stargazing Guide for July
July is peak galaxy appreciation month, and the Milky Way is putting on a show. This episode, we’re grabbing our stargazing snacks and heading outside to soak in that big, hazy river of light across the sky.Whether you're deep in the bush or just squinting past your neighbour’s porch light, we’ll help you spot it. We'll also help you find the Southern Cross and introduce you to the dark emu hiding in plain sight. Spoiler: it’s not made of stars but the dark bits between them.Also, on this week’s tour of the cosmos:July 4th is when Earth is furthest from the Sun. No, that’s not why it’s coldVenus and Jupiter are up early and looking gorgeousSagittarius is pointing straight at the centre of the galaxy. We call it the big messy spaghettiThe Vera Rubin Observatory has a camera the size of a small car and a mission to map the entire night sky. Every three days. For ten years. It cost a billion bucks and it’s going to change astronomy foreverVera Rubin helped prove dark matter exists. She deserved a Nobel Prize and didn’t get one. We’re still salty about itThere are over 130 million bits of space junk out there bigger than a centimetre. Who’s watching all that? We are. Kind ofNeed more sky stuff?scitech.org.autheskytonight
A guided tour of the night sky as seen from Perth, Western Australia, exploring the stories and science of astronomy, space science and space travel. It's a planetarium presenter in your pocket - just download, head outside, and press play. The Audio Guide to the Galaxy is proudly presented by Scitech.
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