16 new discoveries of minor planet by Eric Christensen & Solar minima caused natural night sky to decline about 30% in brightness. #365DaysOfAstro with @Nmcanopus
Jun 23rd: Eric’s Night & Quiet Sun
Tag: comet
Jun 9th: Fuls III & Vulcan
Carson Fuls discovered his third comet and a planet orbiting the triple star system 40 Eridani.
Jun 2nd: Carson’s Night & Pair of PHAs
Four new Earth Approaching Asteroids, a comet, and two new PHA’s.
Mar 17th: Comet Catalina & Large Visitor
The discovery of Comet C/2018 M1 (Catalina) and asteroid 2018 ND1.
Mar 10th: Hannes’s Discoveries & Comet Leonard III
14 new objects on the Near Earth Object & Comet P/2018 (Leonard)
Mar 3rd: Lonely Fragment and Lost Comet
There is an unknown asteroid in Andromeda constellations and it looks like 2010 JL33 is a fragment of a lost comet. #365DaysOfAstro
Jan 6th: Falling Space Rocks & TESS
The Transiting Exoplanet Satellite which will monitor more than 200,000 much brighter, nearby, stars to detect the tiny dips in light caused by planet
Dec 16th: HAMMER, Comets and Asteroids
HAMMER, (still) hypothetical spacecraft to deflect asteroid and a story of the Earth passing by asteroid and comet dust that give us meteor shower.
Dec 9th: Going Far & Small But Deadly
The discovery of Comet C/2018 F3 (Johnson) and asteroid 2018 FO5! You know what? Comet C/2018 F3 will be back in 2037.
Dec 2nd: Cloud 7 & Saint Patrick’s Day Comet
Our podcaster Al Grauer discovered comet C/2018 F1 (Grauer), the Saint Patrick’s Day Comet which will be close to us this month