Comet Catalina was discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey with their 0.68 meter Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
It is closest to the Sun on 15-Nov-2015... [Read more about Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina]
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A large asteroid discovered just a few weeks ago will narrowly miss the Earth on Oct 31st – Halloween.
Nicknamed “the Great Pumpkin” and “Spooky” but technically known as 2015 TB145, is an estimated 400m wide – 20 times bigger than the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013... [Read more about Pumpkin or Skull? Asteroid 2015 TB145 "Near Miss"]
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Uranus and Neptune in the evening, Jupiter and the Moon joining Venus and Mars in the early morning.
- Meteor Activity: Leonids and Taurids
- November 2015 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Uranus at opposition; Venus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury together in the East
- Meteor Activity: Orionids, more weak Piscids and the Draconids
- October 2015 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Neptune and Uranus replace Saturn in the evning; Venus, Mars and Jupiter at dawn
- Total Lunar Eclipse: 28th September
- Meteor Activity: the weak Piscids
- September 2015 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Saturn in the evening, Venus at dawn
- Meteor Activity: Perseids
- August Nights: ‘The Dark Nights’ Return
- August 2015 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- Meteor Activity: Capri-Cornids, Alpha-Cygnids, Delta-Aquarids
- Summer Solstice Photos
- Aurora and G4 CMEs
- July 2015 Sky Charts
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And here’s some more fantastic news, Rosetta's lander Philae has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and by all acounts ‘is doing very well’... [Read more about Rosetta and Philae Update]
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Jupiter and Saturn
- Meteor Activity: Ophiuchids, Lyrids
- Summer Solstice
- Noctilucent Cloud
- June 2015 Sky Charts
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In this month's edition:
- Planetary Skylights: Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn
- Meteor Activity: Eta Aquarids
- May 2015 Sky Charts
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Today's Astronomy Times
Whitby, 25 Apr 2024 - 21:42
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 05:34 | 20:25 |
| Civil Twilight | 04:53 | 21:06 |
| Nautical Twilight | 04:00 | 22:00 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 02:50 | 23:09 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 22:53 | 05:45 |