In The Sky This Month – February 2010

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

The Curious Case of Comet LINEAR

An alternate title for this post could be “When a Comet Might Not Be a Comet”. On the night of … More

In the Sky This Month – January 2010

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

Live – Watch a Comet’s Death Plunge

A few thousand years ago a relatively large comet passed extremely close to the Sun. Whether due to the intense … More

In the Sky This Month – December 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of December 2009. … More

In the Sky This Month – November 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of November 2009. … More

The Orionid Meteor Shower in 2009

Back in 1986, Halley’s Comet returned after a 76 year journey through the outer solar system. Not predicted to return … More

In The Sky This Month – October 2009

This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of October 2009. … More

The Discovery, Re-discovery and Recovery of Comet Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski

There has been a long held rule that comets can not be named after more than 3 discoverers. In the … More

Now’s the Time to See Comet Christensen

The brightest comet in the sky is Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen). Now is the best time to observe this comet … More