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278E-292-Disintegrating Comet
Comets are made up of organic materials and ices of various substance which are left over from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ag…
2 years, 2 months ago
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 te…
2 years, 2 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 …
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 3 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,…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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.
2 years, 3 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 chan…
2 years, 3 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.…
2 years, 3 months ago