In The Sky This Month – April 2010

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

New Comet Found the Old Fashioned Way

Don Machholz of Colfax, CA found his 11th comet on the morning of Tuesday, March 23rd. What sets Don’s 11 … More

Hubble Images “Comet” P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)

Last month an apparent “comet” was discovered in the inner part of the usually asteroidal Main Belt. Early observations quickly … More

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 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