• Constellations picks of the month are: Eridanus, Taurus, Doradus, Toucana, Canis Major, Orion, Puppis, Vela, Carina and Crux.

• Bright Stars: Alderbran in Taurus, Canopus in Carina, Sirius in Canis Major, and Alpha Crucis in Crux (Sth. Cross)

• Deep sky objects like NGC 253 - Silver Coin galaxy in Sculptor; NGC 2070 - 'Tarantula' nebula and NGC 104 - 47 Tucanae - a bright Globular cluster.

• Messier objects: M42- Great Nebula in Orion, Open Clusters: M41 in Canis Major and M46 in Puppis, M45 Pleaides (aka Seven Sisters) in Taurus.

Moon phases:

• New Moon..............23
  

• First Quarter..........01
  

• Full Moon...............09
  

• Last Qrt.................16

PLANETS

• Jupiter wil be visible until end of February.

• Venus is in the western skies as the 'Evening Star' and will be visible until end of April when it will become a 'Morning Star' from July 1, around 5am.
  

• JUNE 6 is the TRANSIT of VENUS - see Main Menu for more details.
  

• Nov. 14 2012 is the Partial (98%) Solar Eclipse on Norfolk Island. See the Main Menu at left for more details.

• Want a real-time planetarium program? Click here STELLARIUM and default it to your nearest city.

• What damage could a large Space rock do to  Earth?   Click here and fill in the blanks.Crystalline rock is soft rock and
  sedimentary is hard rock which is mostly exposed above ground. Once done hit the calc button and wait. Click on any box to read what would happen