Museum blog

Spot Neptune through a telescope, see the Moon in the Beehive Cluster, and mark the autumnal equinox and equilux.

This month brings a spectacular partial solar eclipse, a partial lunar eclipse, six planets lined up across the pre-dawn sky, and the year's best meteor shower.

This month Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun, we look for a lunar crater named by the Artemis II crew, and a morning star cluster heralds in Matariki, the Māori new year.

Learn more about one of the world's leading airship pilots, Squadron Leader Thomas Philip York-Moore.

June brings short nights and spectacular skies - from noctilucent clouds to the first true views of the Milky Way's glowing core.

May’s night sky brings a rare blue moon, meteors from Halley’s Comet, and a strange galactic hamburger. We’ll also explore Coma Berenices and use it to find star clusters and distant galaxies.

This month we investigate the history of the old library at the Royal Observatory and discover some of its astronomical treasures which are today in the Airy Collection of the Caird Library and Archive.