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4th Asteroid Flyby!

Asteroid 2017 BS32 Earth flyby

1st February 2017 CometWatch Admin 0

First we had asteroid 2017 AG13 on 9th January, then there was asteroid 2017 BX a few weeks later. The third instalment was smaller asteroid […]

Comet 45P February 2017

Comet 45p re-emerges from conjunction

31st January 2017 CometWatch Admin 0

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova re-emerges from conjunction this week climbing progressively out of twilight each morning as the icy rock heads in to the constellation of Aquila. With a visual […]

Asteroid flyby of Earth

Asteroid 2017 BH30 Earth Flyby

30th January 2017 CometWatch Admin 0

At 04:51 GMT today, asteroid 2017 BH30 is yet another newly discovered object that flew past the Earth at a close distance. Discovered by the Catalina Sky […]

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Asteroid Earth flyby number two

22nd January 2017 CometWatch Admin 2

Asteroid 2017 BX is another significant incoming object headed towards the Moon-Earth system next week, the second this month after asteroid 2017 AG13 whizzed by the […]

New asteroid Earth flyby!

9th January 2017 CometWatch Admin 7

A newly discovered asteroid designated 2017 AG13 is about to fly by the Earth tonight at 00:47 GMT (07:47 EST). It whizzes past at half the […]

Two Comets Meet

Two Comets Meet in 2017

1st January 2017 CometWatch Admin 2

In the Spring of 2017, two reasonably bright comets are gracing our skies as they carry out their separate journeys through the solar system. Although the […]

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Bright Comets of 2017

30th December 2016 CometWatch Admin 0

With the exception of US10 Catalina at the beginning of the year, 2016 was a bit of a damp squib for bright comets when compared […]

The Misleading ‘Supermoon’

11th November 2016 CometWatch Admin 0

As much of the media have reported, on the night of November 14th, a ‘Super’ full Moon will rise visually being the biggest and brightest for […]

Great American Eclipse Countdown

20th August 2016 CometWatch Admin 0

The next total solar eclipse is the big one. The countdown has started with 365 days to go… Video by americaneclipse2017.org @mattastro  www.facebook.com/americaneclipse2017/

Mercury Transit 2016

4th May 2016 CometWatch Admin 0

On Monday 9th May 2016 the planet Mercury transited across the Sun. The event was visible from the America’s, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, most […]

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