Venus, Jupiter and the moon were very close together in the southwestern sky on Dec. 1 (yesterday evening). Just before heavy clouds rolled in, I was able to...
"On September 19th, CERN announced that the Large Hadron Collider had suffered a major incident, known as a "quench". An electrical short between two of the...
Mike Brown writes very interesting blogs on his personal and professional astronomy life. Here is one where he announces his return to a more normal life at...
Hello everyone Pete Peterson imaged ERIS on November 19. The albedo is very low so although larger than pluto is far fainter (18.7mag) Happy holidays Roger ...
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) The brightest comet of the month can be seen low in the southeast right before dawn. Starting the month near the "head" of Scorpius, ...
Actually, ERIS has a higher albedo than Pluto. The albedo of ERIS is listed as high as 86%, while Pluto is around 60% (depending on the spectral band). The...
Dear Bob: Thank you for the heads up..I stand corrected. There will be times however, ( though not in our lifetime) where ERIS's perigee will be closer than...
Hello fellow Skyscrapers, Thanks again to everyone that attended last nights event at the Alton Jones Campus. This was our second event for the Woman's...
** Our Next Event ** Friday, Feb. 27th Portsmouth Middle School expecting well over 100+ students For this event we will be organizing it into programs that...
Several posts have been made with no identification of who you are other than the email name - some are very cryptic and offer no clue as to who you are. Could...
Tracey, I just uploaded two animated gif files of C/2007 N3 Lulin and of C/2006 OF2 Broughton. I think you need to view the larger version to see the...
Hi Bob, nice images, I have not got out of my warm house yet to do any imaging. I guess I'm lazy as a bear this winter. My I'll get out this weekend if the...
Hello all, I just looked over Orion's two new imaging products and thought you might be interested. StarShoot Solitaire AutoGuider: http://www.astropho...
The NASA Kepler mission is scheduled to launch March 6 at about 10:49:57 EST. Here is the web site with the countdown and details about the mission. ...
I have posted an image of Comet Lulin in the Photos section under Scituate Observatory. It was taken near opposition on 2/27/09 with my a Meade 14" at f/6 and...
For updates and more info, check http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle The message below is from fellow ATMoB member, Steve Mock. If the sky remains clear...
I just watched the fly over of the Space Shuttle STS-119. After watching the blastoff from the Cape on NASA WEB TV, I walked up the road about 1/5 mile into a...
I have posted 3 images I took of NEO 2009 FH in the Photos Section under Scituate Observatory. Roger Forsythe sent out an email a couple of days ago about an...
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