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| Date | Brightness | Start | Highest point | End | ||||||
| (mag) | Time | Alt. | Az. | Time | Alt. | Az. | Time | Alt. | Az. | |
| 21 Dec | -0.3 | 22:52:39 | 10° | SSW | 22:52:57 | 12° | SSW | 22:52:57 | 12° | SSW |
| Astronomical Times for Byron Bay (-28.6, 153.6) Starting 15 Dec 2025, for the next 7 days | |||||||
| Date | Morning | Sunrise | Sunset | Evening | Moonrise | Moonset | Moon Phase |
| Twilight | Twilight | ||||||
| 15 Dec 2025 | 04:10 | 05:40 | 19:40 | 21:10 | 02:07 | 15:30 |  |
| 16 Dec 2025 | 04:11 | 05:41 | 19:41 | 21:11 | 02:37 | 16:24 | |
| 17 Dec 2025 | 04:11 | 05:41 | 19:41 | 21:11 | 03:11 | 17:21 | |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 04:11 | 05:41 | 19:42 | 21:12 | 03:48 | 18:17 |  |
| 19 Dec 2025 | 04:12 | 05:42 | 19:42 | 21:12 | 04:31 | 19:13 | |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 04:12 | 05:42 | 19:43 | 21:13 | 05:20 | 20:05 | |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 04:13 | 05:43 | 19:43 | 21:13 | 06:14 | 20:54 |  |
| Planetary Data for today | ||||||||||
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| Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | |||
| Rises | 04:34 | 05:24 | 06:10 | 21:38 | 12:46 | 17:37 | 13:05 | 08:32 | ||
| Meridian | 11:17 | 12:16 | 13:07 | 02:47 | 18:54 | 22:52 | 19:07 | 15:29 | ||
| Sets | 18:02 | 19:09 | 20:04 | 07:56 | 01:02 | 04:06 | 01:10 | 22:23 | ||
| Constellation | Scorpius | Ophiuchus | Sagittarius | Gemini | Aquarius | Taurus | Pisces | Capricornus | ||
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Star Stuff – Video Series
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Dylan meets Fillipo, New Focuser, Space Congress!
My Best Photo with my Cheapest Rig??? 📷
Calling out Lazy Australian Astronomers
Get the MOST out of a Strainwave Mount (feat SW 100i)
Giving the Sky-Watcher 100i Strain wave a Crack
Is this the smallest Off-axis Guider ever?
Perfect Guiding & Perfect Stars - ZWO 2600MM DUO
birds are real. #astrophotography
astrophotography is pain
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The End of Everything Generator
I recently discovered that all my astrophotography is greatly improved with @AstroKatie "End of Everything" quotes on it, so I…
The A Word.
Astrology is the long standing practice of regarding the motions of the sun, moon, planets and stars as influential on…
Australian Space Agency Logo Animated
The new logo for the Australian Space Agency ipretty cool so I thought I’d animate it.
Comet 46P Wirtanen – Dec 10th 2018
This single frame taken with 11″ Celestron RASA and QHY12CCD was featured on ABC Science! Full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-12-09/christmas-comet-46pwirtanen-and-geminids-meteor-shower/10583932
Asteroid 861 Aida
I just did my second blind identification of a UFO in my photos ever. Turned out to be 861 “Aida”…
Mars – 2016 vs 2018 – Mid June
Mars is approaching opposition and is currently experiencing a dust storm. The difference is clear in these two images taken…