Lunar Eclipse on Sunday

[update: changed the time of mid-eclipse to 2:47 UT from 2:48 UT. thanks to Joe Stieber for catching the error. … More

Here Comes the Geminids!

Tonight is one of the best nights of the year to see a meteor as the Geminid meteor shower is … More

Sky and Telescope magazine is reporting that Peter Brown (University of Western Ontario) has made a preliminary identification of the … More

Tonight brings the peak of the best meteor shower you have probably never seen. The best showers of the year … More

2014 has started off with fireworks! The first designated asteroid of the year, discovered only half an hour before midnight … More

2012 DA14 may not be on a collision course with Earth later today but a smaller asteroid was. A major … More

Remember to duck this Friday! As any one who has been following the news lately knows, a small asteroid named … More

February 2013 Highlights * Not one but two comets should be naked eye brightness for SH observers (C/2011 L4 and … More

January 2013 Highlights * Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the morning of January 3 * Jupiter is bright in the … More

2013 promises to be another great year for observers of the Transient Sky! Right now, it looks like we will … More