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790-Vivian's Debut
My new Catalina Sky Survey Teammate Vivian Carjaval was scheduled for three 13h long winter nights for her first solo observing run on our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona. As luck would hav…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
277E-291-Rose Rules
Anyone who thinks women can't do computers and science needs to meet my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Rose Matheny. On a recent 3 night observing run at the 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Rose took …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
789-Asteroid With A Tail
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Josh Hogan was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Taurus with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona when he came across a very curious object. It has an o…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
276E-290-Screaming Aten
I knew from the short regularly space streaks on the four images I had just obtained with the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch on Mount Lemmon, Arizona, I was looking at the path of an Earth approaching…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
788-!00 Years of Wilderness
In 1924 the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico became the first designated wilderness and is an island from which to view the natural night sky. Today, because of inappropriate night …
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
275E-289-Strange Comet
C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski) is my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski's 14th comet discovery. It orbits the Sun once every 68 years on a cold path between Saturn and Neptune.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
787-Far Out
In 2024, Voyager I is 163 times further from the Sun than we are and is the most distant, human made, traveler in the night.
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
274E-288-Coming Out Of Monsoon
In the southwest, the life giving monsoon rains occur in July and August, divide the observing year into two halves, and give asteroid hunters a chance to do major equipment maintenance and upgrades.…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
786-Comet 31
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Alex Gibbs discovered his 31st comet while asteroid hunting in Leo with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona. It orbits the Sun once every 6 years on a path be…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
273E-286-Neighboring World
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have discovered a rocky Earth like planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our Sun. The planet named Proxima b is about 1.3 tim…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago