May 17, 2021
The Brunei public will be able to witness a rare total lunar eclipse on May 26, the first total eclipse in the country since July 2018.
The eclipse will come with a Supermoon bonus, where the full moon appears a little bigger and brighter due to its closer (perigee) position to the Earth during its orbit, said Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) in a statement.
According to PABD, a lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth and being in the Earth’s dark shadow known as Umbra. Such occurrence is rare when the Sun, Earth and Moon are exactly aligned with the Earth being precisely in the middle.
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April 23, 2021
Stargazers were treated to a spectacle when the Lyrids meteor shower made its way to Brunei’s night skies on Thursday.
Some 100 local astronomy enthusiasts gathered at Bintudoh Greenspring Resort, Tutong District for the ‘Tonight It Will Rain Stars’ experience to observe celestial objects such as the Moon and planets
through telescopes.
The Lyrids meteor event was jointly organised by the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD), the Brunei Adventure Recreation Association (BARA) and Universiti Brunei Darussalam Students’ Association (PMUBD).
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page-1-d 17042021 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, April 17 (Xinhua): A rare Mars occultation will be visible in the Brunei sky where the Red Planet will disappear behind the crescent of the moon.
The moon will pass in front of Mars creating a lunar occultation visible only from a small region of central Asia including Brunei Darussalam, the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) said yesterday.
The society said from the naked eye, Mars will look like a bright “red star” close to the moon at around 8pm. It will get “interestingly closer” to the moon by 9pm before disappearing at 9.29pm.
Telescopes or binoculars will enhance the view, the PABD said.