April 2013 Highlights * Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) will be visible in the morning sky fading from magnitude 4 to … More
Category: Monthly Highlights
In the Transient Sky – March 2013
March 2013 Highlights * Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) will be visible in the evening sky for northern observers at magnitude … More
In the Transient Sky – February 2013
February 2013 Highlights * Not one but two comets should be naked eye brightness for SH observers (C/2011 L4 and … More
In the Transient Sky – January 2013
January 2013 Highlights * Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the morning of January 3 * Jupiter is bright in the … More
In the Transient Sky – December 2012
December 2012 Highlights * Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of December 14/15 * Jupiter bright in the eastern … More
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
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
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
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 