With the nights less cold, it is the perfect time to do some stargazing. A range of planets and clusters will be bright in the skies over the Christmas.
A “very rare” meteor shower is set to light up Northland’s sky tonight, with those in the east predicted to have the best view of the phenomenon.
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A “very rare” meteor shower is set to light up Northland ’s sky tonight, with those in the east predicted to have the best view of the phenomenon. Hundreds.
A fireball that travelled across the sky and triggered a series of bright flashes seen from Cape Reinga to areas south of Auckland was likely caused by a m
How Northlanders can see Monday s 400-year celestial reunion of Saturn and Jupiter
18 Dec, 2020 04:30 PM
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Jupiter (left) and Saturn will be the nearest they ve been in almost 400 years on Monday. Photo / Supplied
Jupiter (left) and Saturn will be the nearest they ve been in almost 400 years on Monday. Photo / Supplied
The two largest planets in our solar system will reunite for the first time in almost 400 years on Monday in an event named The Great Conjunction .
Jupiter and Saturn, the fifth and sixth planets from the sun respectively, will converge on Monday and appear as one object around sunset for the first time since 1623. While the two planets come close to each other every 20 years, this year will be the first since famed astronomer Galileo was alive that they will intersect.