Alan Gilmore

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond. Tonight, measuring the movement of galaxies. Audio

A spectacular aurora is due to light up the night sky tomorrow, but a dreary weather forecast could stand in between stargazers and the colourful display. Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore talks about solar wind & dashes Bryan's hopes of using same for free space propulsion. Audio

The two brightest planets in the night sky will look like they're moving towards each other, for the next few evenings. Audio

Stargazers don't hold your breath - tonight's aurora lights may in fact be outshone by a full moon. Audio

Alan Gilmore talks about Comet Lovejoy and explains, in detail, the electrical and magnetic processes behind an Aurora. Audio

Political candidates anxiously awaiting the results of Saturday's elections might find their destiny rests not with voters, but in the heavens. Audio

This year's Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to the discoverers of Dark Energy. Audio

An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will pass between the moon and the earth at about eleven o'clock tomorrow morning - the closest such encounter in a generation. Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets, stars and beyond. He talks about the Sun and it's unusually low activity, in fact, is our star… Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond. Audio

Dark Nebulae, star forming Regions or Emission Nebulae, Supernovae Remnants and Planetary Nebulae. Audio

Superintendent of Mt John University Observatory, astronomer Alan Gilmore raises our gaze to the planets and stars and beyond. Exo-planet discoveries by the Kepler mission and finding planets around… Audio

Night sky watchers take note, it's a full moon tonight, but that means for stargazers it is difficult to see many stars. Here to tell us more Alan Gilmore of Canterbury University's Mt John… Audio

Alan Gilmore from the Mt John Observatory. Audio

A full lunar eclipse is expected to turn the moon a reddish hue as it rises this evening. Audio

Astronomer Alan Gilmore from Mt John University Observatory talks about the upcoming lunar eclipse. Audio

Our Nights Astronomer Alan Gilmore talks about local extra-terrestrial sightings. Audio

The Solar System's giant planets: Uranus and Neptune. Audio

Alan Gilmour; the Superintendent of the Mt John Observatory above Lake Tekapo. Audio