December 2012 Highlights * Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of December 14/15 * Jupiter bright in the eastern … More
Category: Comets
In the Transient Sky – November 2012
November 2012 Highlights * Leonid meteor shower peaks on the morning of November 17 though rates will be low * … More
Comet Hergenrother in Outburst
Fourteen years ago, a 25 year old version of myself stumbled across a faint new comet in the constellation of … More
In the Transient Sky – October 2012
October 2012 Highlights * Orionid meteor shower peaks on the night of October 20-21 * Venus and Regulus pair up … More
In the Transient Sky – August 2012
August 2012 Highlights * Perseid meteor shower peaks on the morning of August 12 * Moon occults Venus on August … More
Comet 96P/Machholz Visible in SOHO Images
Updated (at 3 pm Tucson time on July 17). Every ~5.3 years, comet 96P/Machholz makes a close and personal swing … More
In the Transient Sky – June 2012
July 2012 Highlights * Venus and Jupiter share the early morning sky * The Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Aldebaran are … More
In the Transient Sky – June 2012
The big event this month (at least for folks around the northern Pacific basin) is the annular solar eclipse on … More
In the Transient Sky – May 2012
The big event this month (at least for folks around the northern Pacific basin) is the annular solar eclipse on … More
In the Transient Sky – April 2012
Though not quite as spectacular as March, 4 planets are visible in the evening this month (Venus, Jupiter, Mars and … More
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 