The Moon, Venus and Jupiter formed a triangular conjunction in the crisp Flinders Ranges dawn sky on August 20th, 2025.
Conjunction of Moon, Venus and Jupiter
Constellations rising
Pleiades, Taurus and Orion rising in the clear winter sky at Arkaroola at dawn, a perfect location for Arkaroola’s state of the art astronomy tour.
Great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter
The Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, viewable in the night sky just once every 800 years, seen over the Flinders Ranges, 21st December 2020.
Astronomy at Arkaroola
Arkaroola offers an extraordinary astronomy experience with a remotely controlled observatory stacking high definition images within seconds. Doug Sprigg is at the helm of the SkyX Pro console of a breathtaking live tour of the southern sky, including views of galaxies, planetary nebulae, globular clusters and our nearby gas giants.
More on Arkaroola’s three observatories on the Arkaroola website.
SkyWatch in the Flinders Ranges
Dean Davidson’s Skywatch portable planetarium was thrilling children at Leigh Creek Area School and Marree Area School this week, followed by community astronomy night viewings. The famously dark skies of the Flinders Ranges availed excellent views of the Milky Way and the Dark Emu. Saturn and Jupiter were crowd-pleasers, as always.
Jupiter’s diminishing Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot of Jupiter is appearing to unravel. Where once the great storm could encompass three earths, it is now diminishing to the size of one earth. The Great Red Spot is shedding a succession of jet streams as long as 10,000km long, as captured by an amateur astronomer.
Jupiter is currently rising in the constellation Ophiuchus, easy to find by association with nearby Scorpius.
This nifty little calculator will tell you what time the Great Red Spot transits into visibility at your latitude / longtitude.
Astronomy night
April Astronomy night under the brilliant Flinders Ranges skies showcased a line up including the new moon, the Orion Nebula, some fabulous clusters, the Tarantula Nebula, globular cluster 47 Tucana, and a look at different types of star such as Betelgeuse and Sirius.
Lunar eclipse
Lunar eclipse captured with 400mm telephoto lens on a tripod.
Jupiter’s Moons
Jupiter’s moons Io, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa, captured with 400mm telephoto lens on a tripod.
Jupiter and Venus
Currently at sunset, Venus is visible in the constellation Taurus above the western horizon and on the opposite horizon, Jupiter is rising in the east in the constellation Libra.