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What’s the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky? Vote from our Top Ten

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for National Science Week

Posted Yesterday at 7:00am

A composite image showing a purple aurora and a planet in space with rings — Aurora or Saturn’s rings — or something else? You can only choose one.(Arwen Dyer; Dennis Mellican)

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Have you ever made a wish upon a shooting star?

Stood in awe as the Moon turned red during a lunar eclipse?

Or felt alone and overwhelmed while stargazing in a remote location?

It’s National Science Week and we want to hear about the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky.

In previous years, we’ve discovered Australia’s favourite tree (well done, river red gum) and the animal call we love the most (the magpie, of course).

For 2024 we’re going dark and turning our eyes to the heavens.

The poll started with 22 amazing night sky phenomena in the first round. And now, after 10 days of voting, we can reveal the Top Ten!

We also asked for your suggestions — and so many people suggested the ethereal, silvery moonbow that we decided to give it a wildcard entry in the final round.

So what’s the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky? What’s filled you with wonder and taken your breath away?

Choose one (yes just one!) awe-inspiring thing from the list below and cast your vote.

Then join us for a live ABC NEWS blog on Friday August 16, when we reveal Australia’s most beloved night sky experience, answer your questions about light pollution and the dark night sky; and share the results of the Australian National University Milky Way survey.

The Top 10 contenders

Aurora

Purple, pink and green lights over a dark day

Auroras are formed when the solar wind tangles with the Earth’s magnetic field, creating glorious night time colour shows in areas near the poles. They’re more common at solar “maximums” — which is why we’re seeing so many this year. They’re on the bucket list for most people so consider yourself lucky if you’ve seen one.

Comet

Comets grace our night skies as they pass Earth on their travels through the Solar System. Made up of rock, dust and ice they heat up, glow and melt as they get close to the Sun, creating a long tail behind them. Some of the more memorable ones have been Halley’s, McNaught’s, Shoemaker-Levy 9, 12P/Pons–Brooks.

Lunar eclipse

Watching a lunar eclipse is a leisurely event as the Earth’s shadow moves slowly across the full Moon, gradually reducing the visible area. The Moon turns a blood red during “totality” when the Earth’s shadow completely covers it. The next total lunar eclipse we will see in Australia is September 7, 2025.

Meteor or shooting star

Catching a glimpse of a meteor or shooting star is pretty exciting, as they’re generally quick and unexpected events. They occur when space rocks (known as meteoroids) enter Earth’s atmosphere at high speed and burn up spectacularly before reaching the surface. This one was captured over Brisbane in 2024.

Meteor shower

A star-filled sky with about 10 lines showing meteor paths

Watching a meteor shower can be a spectacular and rewarding event with lots of shooting stars (meteors) over several hours. And as meteor showers are often predicted, it’s easy to plan to see them. They occur when Earth travels through streams of dust, grains and rock often left behind by passing comets.

The Milky Way

Many of us remember the first time we saw the awe-inspiring Milky Way. It’s best seen in remote or dark sky locations where it appears as a cloud sprawled across the starry sky. What we’re seeing is the galactic centre of the barred spiral Milky Way galaxy that we reside in, which contains maybe 100–400 billion stars.

The Moon

A large white moon just above a jetty at sunset

Watching the full moon rise is an amazing experience that repeats every month, but the Moon also looks beautiful as it waxes and wanes from full to crescent to new moon. As Earth’s only natural satellite, the Moon has enormous cultural and environmental importance. And it creates the tides.

Moonbow — wildcard entry!

A white curve of light across the night sky.

A moonbow is an ethereal silvery rainbow that happens when moonlight is refracted through water droplets. They appear white to the human eye, but still contain all the colours of the rainbow. The moonbow is a wildcard entry after many people suggested it during the first round of voting.

Saturn’s rings

Saturn appears in the black sky. It appears brown in colour and its rings appear grey.

Saturn appears as a bright ‘star’ in the sky, but when you look through a telescope it’s incredibly exciting to see the planet’s beautiful rings come into view. And while these rings are enormous, they’re shockingly thin, with a depth of 10 metres or less in many places. They’re made up of small chunks of ice, rock and dust.

Stargazing in a dark sky location

With zero light pollution, stargazing in a dark sky location gives the most overwhelming view of the night sky: thick with stars and the best possible view of the Milky Way, planets and distant galaxies. There are many dark sky locations in Australia, generally inland and in remote areas.

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Vote: what’s the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the night sky?

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