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A total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, meteors and more: your guide to the southern sky in 2025

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In 2025 , the Eta Aquariids and the Geminids will be most visible on the mornings of Sunday 14 December and Monday 15 December .

Saturn ’s disappearing’ rings will seem to vanish as Earth passes through the plane of the rings.

Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter and Saturn move across the sky along a line called the ecliptic.

From Sydney and farther south, the Southern Cross is always above the horizon.

In the evenings, it is best viewed around June , when it is high in the southern sky.

Sagittarius is an important constellation for Australian astronomers, as it contains the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.

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