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 19th: 100 Moons & Followups
Tag: comet
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.
Mar 29th: Comet Groeller & Asteroid Billiards
The first comet discovery of Hannes Groeller and DART will slam projectile into Didymoon in 2022.
Mar 8th: Lunar Space Rock & Comets Africano
More than 340 lunar meteorites have been found in the Darfur region of Oman, in antarctica and other locations.
Brian Africano discovered 2 comets in a 13 night period.
Mar 1st: Greg’s Comet & Comet Lemmon
Greg Leonard noticed P/2018 VN2 (Leonard) in Taurus Constellation and
Richard Kowalski discovered Comet C/2018 U1 (Lemmon) in Cygnus.
Jan 19th: Fly Out Of SpacePort America & NASA Mars Spacecraft Prepare For A Close Comet Flyby
SpaceShipTwo will be launched from SpacePort America in New Mexico & the discovery of Comet C/2013 A1. #365DaysOfAstro
Dec 22nd: There Are Still Big Ones Out There & From Big Dark Asteroid To Beautiful Bright Comet
The surface of our Moon & impact craters on Earth testify to the fact that celestial collisions are very rare but not impossible.
Dec 1st: RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid & A Whopper Or A Comet
RADAR Telescopes Pair Up to Image Near-Earth Asteroid 2014 HQ124. & A Whopper Or A Comet
Nov 29th: Discussion with Dylan O’Donnell, Director of DNA Digital
News round up! Looks like we can have planet around black hole, comet Borisov getting close and discussion with Dylan O’Donnell. #365DaysOfAstro
Nov 11th: Are Comets Asteroids or Are Asteroids Comets?
Things used to be so simple. Comets were snowballs from the outer Solar System, and asteroids were rocks from the inner Solar System. But now everything’s all shades of grey. Astronomers have found asteroids that behave like comets and comets that behave like asteroids.