Kos Coronaios reports how the International Year of Astronomy was ended in style in Limpopo.

Beautiful clear skies, sunspots on the solar disk, followed by the last sunset of IYA 2009 and then glorious views of Jupiter and its moons. The cherry on top had to be the partial eclipse a little later of the "Blue Moon". All the while a steady stream of the public experiencing this at Makhado Crossing in Louis Trichardt. What a fantastic end to 2009.