Nov.29, 2015

Sky Notes - December 2015

In this month's edition:

  • Planetary Skylights: Mercury joins Uranus and Neptune in the evening, Saturn joins Jupiter, Venus and Mars in the morning. Chance of seeing all planets in one night!
  • Meteor Activity: Geminids and Ursids
  • Large Meteor seen from Whitby
  • Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina
  • Winter Solstice
  • December 2015 Sky Charts
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By Mark D
Oct.31, 2015

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina

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]

By Mark D
Oct.31, 2015

Pumpkin or Skull? Asteroid 2015 TB145 "Near Miss"

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"]

By Mark D
Oct.31, 2015

Sky Notes - November 2015

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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By Mark D
Sep.30, 2015

Sky Notes - October 2015

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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By Mark D
Aug.31, 2015

Sky Notes - September 2015

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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By Mark D
Jul.31, 2015

Sky Notes - August 2015

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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By Mark D
Jun.30, 2015

Sky Notes - July 2015

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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By Mark D
Jun.30, 2015

Rosetta and Philae Update

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]

By Mark D
May.30, 2015

Sky Notes - June 2015

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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By Mark D

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