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Stars, galaxies, dust clouds and Uranus: take a tour of the January night sky ThuThursday 31 updated ThuThursday 31 The belt of Orion aka 'The Saucepan' dominates the northern sky in summer. ( Print text only January is the month to go star-hopping to see how many constellations you can spot. You might also see a galaxy if you've headed bush for the holidays and the skies are clear. And, if you've packed some binoculars, a camera or a telescope, you can see stunning dust clouds, star clusters and distant planets too. It's a bumper of a month, according to amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave.

Summer solstice 2020: Planets come out to play at end of longest day SunSunday 20 updated SunSunday 20 DecDecember 2020 at 10:42pm Today is the longest day, not the latest sunset. But when the sun does go down, the planets will put on a show this year. ( Print text only Hang on, what about December 1? Australia is one of just a few countries that considers December 1 the beginning of summer (or winter in the northern hemisphere), says astronomer Fred Watson. "My understanding is that that comes from colonial times because it was the 1st of December when the troops got their summer uniforms a...