Kepler Spacecraft found Random Transiter had random sharp narrow dips in brightness in only 87 days & Radio astronomers covet the dark side of the Moon. #365DaysOfAstro
Jun 14th: Weirdest Star & Lunar Telescopes
Al Grauer Archive
Jun 7th: Impact Mars & Dragonfly
NASA team who plans to fly a drone like aircraft called Dragonfly around the surface of Saturn’s Moon Titan. More at #365DaysOfAstro
May 31st: Celestial Congestion & Snoopy
Imagine being under a clear natural night sky crawling with hundreds of artificial satellites! More at #365DaysOfAstro with @Nmcanopus
May 24th: Asteroid Zoo & Missing
The most dangerous member of the 1,839 asteroids discovered in 2018 is the 500 foot diameter asteroid now named 2018 LK.
May 17th: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
The discovery of potentially hazardous asteroid 2018 XV5 and 2018 GG5 by Alex Gibbs. #365DaysOfAstro
May 10th: Close Approaches & Loneliest Asteroid
Today we have stories from near earth object discoveries by Brian Africano and Greg Leonard.
May 3rd: Earth Glow & Asteroid Slam
Although you can’t see the extremely faint geocorona, you can observe other components of the Earth’s nightly airglow.
Apr 26th: Alone Or Not & Ultima Thule
Travelers in the night will talekd about Project Breakthrough Starshot
and the data sent back by The New Horizons spacecraft at #365DaysOfAstro
Apr 19th: 100 Moons & Followups
Our 30″ Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona covers an area equivalent to approximately 100 full moons. Eric Christensen observed 116 followup observations on a single night.
Apr 12th: Alex’s Catch & Teddy’s Debut
Alex Gibbs discovered 8 new celestial visitors including 2019 CR4 & 2019 CD5. While Teddy Pruyne & Richard Kowalski discovered six new Earth Approaching Objects.