The discovery of potentially hazardous asteroid 2018 XV5 and 2018 GG5 by Alex Gibbs. #365DaysOfAstro
May 17th: Most Dangerous in 2018 & Toughest Asteroid
Travelers in the Night Archive
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.
Apr 5th: Africano 4 & Cuban Meteorites
Brian Africano discovered his 4th comet named C/2019 B1 (Africano) and National Weather Service RADAR discovered a large fireball meteor over Cuba.
Mar 29th: Comet Groeller & Asteroid Billiards
The first comet discovery of Hannes Groeller and DART will slam projectile into Didymoon in 2022.
Mar 22nd: Collision & Tiny Visitor
6478 Gault in the asteroid belt grew after collision and discovery of 2019 AS5
Mar 15th: One Thousand & Home Wrecker
For the first time in history, an asteroid hunting team, the Catalina Sky Survey, has discovered more than 1,000 Earth approaching asteroids in a single year.