Redlands Astronomical Society Inc

18/06/2026

After a disappointing week for viewing, there is a beautiful sky out there tonight.

16/06/2026

Sorry, Our RAS Public viewing night for this evening 16th June is CANCELLED due to the cloudy weather forecast for this evening. - forecast is for min 60% cloud cover. ref:

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05/06/2026

An interesting concept

23/05/2026

Thankyou Everyone for a great Redlands Adventure Festival Night Sky Astronomy Viewing. Even though we had to wait for gaps in the cloud, we still managed some great seeing. We had a great turnout of members and the public. We had all ages looking thru our scopes and watching live stream of targets. We had highlights of Venus, Jupiter and its 4 Jovian moons, our Moon and zooming in live bring our details in craters. We were also able to observe the constellations of Scorpio, Leo, Canis Major, Southern Cross and special targets including Alpha Centauri, Acrux, Jewel Box, globular cluster Omega Centauri and more. Please share any images you may have taken here. We're looking forward to seeing you all at future events.
The RAS Team

19/05/2026

We are Cancelling our May monthly public viewing night planned for this evening due to the inclement weather. Note we are still planning to be at Wellington Point this Saturday evening as part of the Redlands Adventure Festival program, starting from 6pm. Hope to see you all there.

13/05/2026

There is an International Space Station (ISS) Lunar transit visible from the Redlands later this month (26/5). Hopefully the skies will clear for us and we can attempt to capture the event on camera.
Be sure to visit transit-finder.com closer to the date/time to ensure you get the exact timing for the event as this can change. Tracking the moon with high-speed video is the easiest way to capture this. Good luck and please share your results.

06/05/2026

We'll be participating in Redlands Adventurefest on 23rd May. Let's hope it's fine weather that night.

We've been put on the front page of a community newspaper as part of the festival promotion.

21/04/2026

The RAS public viewing night for this evening 21st April is going ahead. We'll be there setting up from 7pmish and kicking off around 7:30pm. There is a small chance of some scattered cloud but should clear for reasonable viewing. CYA there.

When: 7:30pm - see Event Calendar for specific dates. NOTE: Our current viewing location is closed due to Redlands Council site upgrades/renovations. We will post updates on Facebook for an alternate site until a permanent location is confirmed. If viewing is weather affected, we will defer to an on...

01/04/2026

Artemis II Launch time update for Brisbane.
Ooops heres the revised launch time. Based on the latest updates as of April 1, 2026, the NASA Artemis II launch is currently targeting Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 6:24 p.m. EDT.

Brisbane Time (AEST): Thursday, April 2, 2026, at 8:24 AM AEST (6:24 PM + 14 hours ahead).

Launch Window:
The launch window for this day lasts for two hours, running from 6:24 p.m. to 8:24 p.m. EDT. This means the launch could happen between 8:24 AM AEST and 10:24 AM AEST on Thursday, April 2.

30/03/2026

Are we returning to the Moon? Keep an eye on the Artemis Program planned for Launch tomorrow 1st April @ approx. 10:24am local time. The Artemis II launch should be streamed live on your favourite Youtube channel. Fingers Crossed for Clear Skies. Note: This is Flight 2 of the Artemis return to the moon Program. The 10day Orion mission with 3 crew on board, will perform a lunar flyby, swinging roughly 7,600 km (4,700 miles) beyond the far side of the Moon before being pulled back naturally by Earth's gravity.