#StandWithUkraine

Search
Picture of @space_samuel

@space_samuel

How to find Omega Centauri

This is a short video on how to find Omega Centauri.
Book your Star Safari
What's on at Star Safari in Wairarapa, NZ

Or, be an armchair astronomer

If you can’t make it to Wairarapa or New Zealand,  learn astronomy online with us and SLOOH. 

Love this photo? Take your own!
Learn astronomy online

Also check out our favourite astrophotography guide

Learn from 
award-winning photographer Alex Conu

Here is a short video on how to find Omega Centauri. This is exactly what we did two nights ago to locate the huge globular cluster in the light polluted sky just above the horizon.

Join us in Wairarapa
for stargazing

Youtube Instagram Facebook-f

Sirius A And Its Companion White Dwarf

January 4, 2024 No Comments

This post explores the star Sirius A and its companion white dwarf, Sirius B. Discovered in 1862, Sirius B is a dense remnant of a larger star. The post discusses mass transfer between the two stars and explains the formation of white dwarfs. Sirius B’s density, surface temperature, and estimated age of 150 million years are also highlighted.

Read More »
SkySafari 7 Pro

A Review of SkySafari 7 Pro

March 2, 2022 No Comments

The app we use to navigate around the night sky is SkySafari 7 Pro. Developed by Simulation Curriculum Corp, this app is a great way to learn about stars, planets and deep sky objects.

Read More »
The cover for the book Wayfinding by M.R. O'Connor

A book about Wayfinding.

May 11, 2021 No Comments

…space is one of the most important forces shaping the human mind” – and navigation is a way to organising this space, our environment. M.R.O’Connor

Read More »
Load More
Menu

Give yourself
some space

Fancy being an armchair astronomer? Join Slooh
Search
search our site

Milky-Way.Kiwi is a social enterprise for quality and affordable access to the night sky run by professional space science communicators. We provide educational services for teachers and schools – Spaceward Bound NZ, stargazing and astronomy and space courses and programmes for the public – Star Safari and we write about space and astronomy with a New Zealand perspective. 

At Star Safari, everyone 15 and younger is FREE because we believe that young people should not pay for inspiration.

Follow us on social media

Medium Rss Instagram Twitter Facebook-f

Discover more from Milky-Way.Kiwi

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading