Bright Comets of 2017
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’
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
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
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 […]
Comet 252P/Linear Double Flyby
After Comet 252P Linear’s Closest approach on Monday, its much fainter companion is making an even closer encounter with Earth on Tuesday 22nd. Discovered much more recently than its bigger brother, 2016 BA14 will flyby at a distance of just 9 lunar distances, or 2.1 million miles. This makes it the second closest approach of any comet in history (the last being this close was way back in 1770). [Read more…]
Comet 252P/Linear Close Approach to Earth
On March 21st, Comet 252p/Linear made a close approach to Earth at a distance of only 0.036AU (33.5 Million Miles). This makes it the 5th […]
Comet C/2015 T5 (Sheppard-Tholen) Discovered
On 15th November, D. J. Tholen, University of Hawaii, reported the discovery of an unknown comet in three images taken with the 8.2-m Subaru telescope […]
Halloween Asteroid Flyby
VISIT LIVE WEBCAST PAGE Discovery, Size and Speed Asteroid 2015 TB145 was first discovered on 10 October 2015 by the Pan-STARRS survey system. The object […]
Comet Catalina on the brink of naked eye…
Image by Ian Sharp. Comet C2013 US10 Catalina has been steadily brightening as expected and is on the brink of naked eye visibility at magnitude […]
Here comes Comet Panstarrs
Comet C/2014 Q1 Panstarrs is slowly coming out of transit from the sun this month to grace the skies for Southern Hemisphere observers. Observations currently place […]