Recent Discoveries – Sept 17-24, 2010

Catching up on the last week in comet and asteroid discoveries… A week ago new NEA announcements were coming left … More

Recent Discoveries – Sept 16-17, 2010

The discoveries keep rolling in as the prime discovery surveys continue to enjoy clear skies. The number of new finds … More

2010 RA91 was discovered by Arizona amateur Joe Hobart. Joe used a 0.36-m or 14″ Schmidt-Cassegrain located at his observatory, … More

Two days ago 10 NEAs were announced, yesterday saw only a single announcement. The reason… most asteroid surveys are located … More

Today’s post will hopefully begin a new feature on the TransientSky which will focus on newly discovered interesting asteroids and … More

With the end of the monsoon in the southwest US (or at least a break in the monsoon since the … More

Watch the western sky right after it gets to dark to watch the heavens in motion. For the entire month, … More

The early evening planetary show continues tonight. The celestial triangle of Venus, Mars and Saturn should be easy to spot … More

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of July 2010. … More

The video below is from a Japanese NHK TV crew. IMHO it is better than the video NASA released. Enjoy!