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An incredible sight of the great 7-planet parade s

An incredible sight of the great 7-planet parade spanning across the pre-dawn sky over Brunei today!

The cloud cover started to dissipate at around 2 a.m. providing a great opportunity to observe the Grand Planet Parade before sunrise from Tutong on June 26, 2022.

A group of 9 members of the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD) turned their telescopes and cameras towards the rare occurrence to see all the planets in the Solar System observable in one night. These are some of the amazing moments:

[1] [2] It was a beautiful sight. A wide-angle lens perspective of the celestial line-up.
[3] The moon in close conjunction with the morning star Venus and bright Pleiades (M45) star cluster.
[4] Moon Shadow - Jupiter’s volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet.
[5] PABD members posed with the starry night background to preserve memories.

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Catch the Grand Planet Parade tomorrow morning!

Catch the Grand Planet Parade tomorrow morning!

The 5 bright planets in the Solar System - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn - will line up and visible all at once from Brunei Darussalam. Neptune and Uranus are however very faint and require a small telescope to spot them.

It will be a special moment and excellent photo opportunity as well when the crescent Moon close to the brilliant Venus and the bright Seven Sisters (Pleiades- M45) star cluster in the constellation Taurus at dawn on June 26, 2022.

The planetary parade should be easily visible to the unaided eye if the weather is clear, and sky watchers do not need to use binoculars or a telescope to observe the celestial spectacles.

It is possible to capture decent photos of the astronomical phenomena with today’s smartphones on a tripod. Share your snaps and get them featured by tagging us & #bruneiastronomy on your stories.

Our interactive sky map (www.bruneiastronomy.org/skymap) will assist you to locate the planets and stars in the sky.

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Today is June Solstice It marks the first day or

Today is June Solstice

It marks the first day or mid of summer for the Northern hemisphere and winter for Southern. Today is the longest day in the North, and shortest day in the Southern hemisphere.

The fact that various location experience seasons on Earth proves that our planet does not rotate on its axis in the same plane that it orbits the Sun, but is actually tilted slightly about 23.5 degrees.

(Infographics by StarWalk)

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A Big Celestial Line Up over Brunei! Rare Great P

A Big Celestial Line Up over Brunei!

Rare Great Planetary Parade easily visible to the naked eye this morning.

In order from further down: Mercury appears at the edge of the dawn sky horizon, followed by the brilliant Venus, then the red planet Mars, then the gas giant Jupiter and the lord of the ring Saturn. The furthest icy planets of Neptune and Uranus are also in the parade, but they are too dim to be noticed.

All the planets in the Solar System plus the crescent Moon are all visible in the sky this week until the end of June.

This largest celestial parade is a very significant phenomenon which occurs about once every 170 years.

Look east or toward the sunrise - the Great Planet Parade can be seen across the world in the pre-dawn hours (about 1hour before sunrise).

Also use our online sky map (www.bruneiastronomy.org/skymap) to assist your observation.

Photographed by the Astronomical Society of Brunei Darussalam (PABD).

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A rare celestial treat for early risers! All pla

A rare celestial treat for early risers!

All planet and the Moon to line-up and cross the pre-dawn sky providing an excellent photo as well as sky watching opportunity.

Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn will all visible together to the naked eyes in the coming weeks. Neptune and Uranus will also join the march but seeing them with unaided sight will be hard.

These uncommon phenomena had happened in March 1982, July 2020, and the next one is predicted in May 2161.

Catch the Great Planet Parade this week until end of June. Use our new interactive sky map (www.bruneiastronomy.org/skymap) to locate the planets and stars in our sky.

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Second largest supermoon of the year illuminates t

Second largest supermoon of the year illuminates the skies over Brunei.

Chin Yu Chu snapped the supermoon rising outside his house in Sungai Tali, Liang, at 7:57 p.m. tonight, June 14, 2022.

It was a sight to behold as the Full Moon coincides the second closest approach to Earth this year.

The biggest supermoon in 2022 is set to take place next month on July 14.

(Cannon EOS100D, ISO400-1600, 1/250s, f5.6)

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First Supermoon of 2022 tonight! The full moon oc

First Supermoon of 2022 tonight!

The full moon occurs at 19:52 and will be visible during the whole night. It appears especially large tonight and slightly brighter due to its proximity to Earth (357,657 km) at perigee.

A supermoon or astronomically known as perigean full moon takes place when the Moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at about the same time the Moon is full. The occurrence also provides a terrific photo opportunity.

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Planning to organize Astronomy Day in Schools? Jo

Planning to organize Astronomy Day in Schools?

Join the Astronomy Day in Schools (ADiS) global project by organizing fun astronomy related activities in schools in conjunction with the equinox and solstice, and submit your event video.

Visit www.bruneiastronomy.org for activity resource links and participation guideline.

ADiS is organised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) @iau_org Commission C1 on Astronomy Education and Development

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Exactly 10 years ago today, a perfect Venus-Earth- $Exactly 10 years ago today, a perfect Venus-Earth-Sun alignment in the rarest astronomical event. Mr Rodion M. Herrera captured the inner planet Venus transverses directly in front of the Sun from Bandar Seri Begawan on Jun 06, 2012. The similar phenomenon won't occur for more than 100 years, as the next Transit of Venus will be on 2117. Mr Herrera is an amateur astronomer who is now working at Astronomical Solutions Company in Oman. "How time flies. It's been 10 years since I managed to capture the Venus Transit event of June 6, 2012, at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, " Herrera said. "The black spot on the sun's disk, is the planet Venus, passing in front of it. This happened twice in this generation, in 2004 and in 2012. It won't happen again til 2117 and 2125" He recalled, "The weather wasn't perfect and you can even see faint traces and wisps of clouds in the photo, but this one came out best. I was using a Celestron Wideview 102mm refractor with a Thousand Oaks Black Polymer solar filter, on an unmotorized alt-az mount, captured using a NexImage (Philips ToUcam) cam." #bruneiastronomy$

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