Deep Sky Update – December 2024
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and a good New Year. Maybe Santa brought an astro-goodie to keep
Read moreI hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and a good New Year. Maybe Santa brought an astro-goodie to keep
Read moreThe 6.5-m James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the pre-eminent space observatory of our times, and just 7 months into
Read moreRoy Panther famously discovered a comet on Christmas Day in 1980 (C/1980 Y2 or 1980u) his observing log merely noted
Read moreC/2024 G3 was discovered by the ATLAS survey on 2024 April 5 using a 0.5-m, f/2 Schmidt at Rio Hurtado,
Read moreI suppose November has been an average observing month for me this year, with just the one night clear enough
Read moreVariable Star Section Circular 202 is available for download here. Contents From the Director CV & E News. Gary Poyner
Read moreWith Jupiter’s opposition coming up soon on Dec.7, at its highest declination for 11 years, observers may be pleased to
Read moreOctober has been another windy month with not many opportunities for good observing. I did manage a couple of hours
Read moreSeptember has been a busy month for me with the Orkney International Science Festival at the start, for a week.
Read moreUpdate 2024-10-01. The comet has been designated C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) on MPEC 2024-T22 and the section image gallery is here.
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