Not a bad night as the clouds cleared out to allow a few hours of clear observing. Yesterday was a … More
Tag: astronomy
June 17/18/19 Meteors
I probably sound like a broken record, but clouds have once again descended upon southern AZ. There were a few … More
A Long Time Ago, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away
53 million years ago a massive star in the galaxy NGC 4088 lost its battle with gravity and collapsed upon … More
June 16/17 Meteors
Clouds were a problem again last night, especially in the early morning hours. Still a good number of meteors were … More
June 11/12/13/14/15 Meteors
In the last ‘meteors’ post, I mentioned my plan to set up a 2nd meteor camera to cover more of … More
June 9/10/11 Meteors
After another cloudy night, we finally got some good observing here in Tucson. To be honest, that was a surprise … More
June 2/3/4/5 Meteors
Last night was clouded out. The previous 2 nights were nice and clear resulting in a total of 22 meteors. … More
June 1/2 Meteors
June started off in the same way that May ended. Meteor rates continue to be low with only a half … More
In The Sky This Month – June 2009
This feature highlights a number of meteor showers, comets and asteroids which are visible during the month of June 2009. … More
Late May Meteors (May 23-31)
It has been awhile since I posted. Though the weather hasn’t always been great, lots of clouds and even a … More
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids, Meteors 