Whitby NZ Scale Solar System

Lunar eclipse alert! Friday 14 March.

As the moon rises this evening from about 7.30pm onwards it will be in full eclipse!

Rising in the east, you’ll want a good clear view out in that direction. Totality is approximately 8pm and the earths shadow will start to recede from about 9pm.

Here’s hoping it’s clear!

The giant sunspot that caused the fantastic Aurora last time is back.

It’s survived it’s journey around the ‘back’ of the sun and is slowly rotating back to face earth.

While sunspots are no guarantee of auroral activity, this one let off a massive flare yesterday already so is clearly still active.

Fingers crossed, keep looking up!

First time I’ve ever seen the Aurora over Whitby. Quite easily visible with the naked eye as a red glow, but a phone camera reveals even more.