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286E-301-Visitors From Afar
A pair of comets visiting our neighborhood are discovered in a matter of 4 days.
One of the perks of being an asteroid hunter is having a comet named…
1 year, 11 months ago
798-Destination Enceladus
Life on Earth appears to have formed in our oceans. Scientists are thus on the hunt for other worlds which have oceans of liquid water and thus poten…
1 year, 11 months ago
285E-299-Sporadic Geysers
Using a small telescope or a set of binoculars you can see Europa for yourself as a small moving point of light circling the giant planet Jupiter. Mo…
1 year, 11 months ago
797-Recoveries
It is essential that asteroid hunters keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids to make sure that their orbits haven’t changed as they encounter …
1 year, 11 months ago
284E-298-Rosetta
The Rosetta Spacecraft left planet Earth in 2004. During its twelve year lifetime this robotic emissary traveled 5 billion miles on 6 trips around th…
1 year, 11 months ago
796-COMET C.2024 E1 (Wierzchos)-Preview
On the 3rd of March 2024 while asteroid hunting with our 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon , Arizona my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Kacper Wierzchos d…
1 year, 11 months ago
283E-297-White Sky
Inappropriate night time outside lighting causes accidents and does not deter crime. However, it blinds you from the beauty of the Universe which sur…
1 year, 11 months ago
795-Spiral Comet
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscover…
2 years ago
282E-296-Tilted History
Seasons are created by the fact that the Earth's axis of rotation is currently tilted 23 1/2 degrees relative to our path around the Sun. The slight …
2 years ago
794-An Apollo Space Rock to Follow
Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Vivian Carjaval was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Ursa Minor with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bi…
2 years ago