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posted on
February 5th, 2013
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MNLY: The Manly Blog, Sydney, Manly Beach
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Sydney

The Ocean - Manly Beach Blog Tweets

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posted on
January 29th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Harry is disappointed that giant sunspot group AR11654 turns out to be fizzer

The stretched out spot group AR11654 on the morning of 15 January 2013 (Australian time ...
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posted on
January 28th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
based in
Sydney

Daily cosmobite: the upside down “v”

To the west or left of Orion, almost due north in the early evening we find the Hyades, a group of stars in the form of an inverted “v”. Apart from the bright reddish star Aldebaran, th ...
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posted on
January 27th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Daily cosmobite: Happy birthday Johannes!

The astronomer Johannes Hevelius was born on this day in 1612 in Danzig, now Gdansk in Poland. He was a wealthy brewer who devoted his spare time to astronomy. He published maps of the Moon, discov ...
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posted on
January 25th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Daily cosmobite: the first Australia Day

On the evening of 26 January 1788 what did the first European colonists see in the sky? After dark they could see Mars and Jupiter shining in the northern sky as well as the nearly full Moon rising ...
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posted on
January 24th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Daily cosmobite: stars on the flag

January is not an ideal time to look at the Southern Cross in the early evenings for it is low in the southern sky. Those who stay up late at summer parties will get a progressively better view wit ...
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posted on
January 24th, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Sydney Observatory’s Geoff Sims is on his way back from the South Pole

Return from Ridge A

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posted on
January 23rd, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Daily cosmobite: astronomer’s birthday

American astronomer Harold Babcock was born on this day in 1882 in the small town of Edgerton, Wisconsin. Almost all of Babcock’s working life was spent at Mount Wilson Observatory, which is just ...
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posted on
January 23rd, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Finding south using the Southern Cross

Two methods of finding south using the Southern Cross. Drawing Nick Lomb

In th ...
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posted on
January 22nd, 2013
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Sydney Observatory Blog
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Sydney

Daily cosmobite: Orion and friends

Orion the Hunter is high in the north-east sky in the early evening. There are lots of bright stars surrounding Orion. Due east and to the right of Orion is Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. B ...
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