This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of August 2010. … More
Author: Carl Hergenrother
I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.
Meteor Activity Outlook for July 31-August 6, 2010
[I have been very lax lately in my posting of Bob’s weekly Meteor Activity Outlooks. I’m sorry for that. Here’s … More
Arizona Summer Doldrums
Updates to this blog have been far and few between. There are lots of reasons for this but a major … More
June 18/19 to 29/30 Meteors
This post brings my video meteor observations up till the end of June. The end of June was hit-or-miss in … More
In the Sky This Month – July 2010
This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of July 2010. … More
“New” Comet Blues – Comet McNaught Falls Short
We should have known better. Early predictions called for Comet 2009 R1 (McNaught) to get as bright as 2nd magnitude. … More
Partial Lunar Eclipse Tonight
Sheesh… I almost forgot. Tonight a partial lunar eclipse will occur over much of North and South America, the entire … More
Tonight’s Comet McNaught Finder Charts
The comet is still an easier (easier being a relative term) object to see in the morning sky. It also … More
Finding Comet McNaught Tonight (June 23/24)
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught) is still 2 weeks from perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun). Unfortunately it has become … More
Meteor Activity Outlook for June 19-25, 2010
The Meteor Activity Outlook is a weekly summary of expected meteor activity written by Robert Lunsford, Operations Manager of the … More
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 