Long awaited naked eye comet 46P/Wirtanen has finally reached a respectable altitude and brightness. At the time of writing the comet resides in the constellation of Eridanus at a magnitude of 4.5 (approx.) with a short tail approximately 8 arcmins in length and elongated coma.
Comet 46P/Wirtanen 2019 starts off with a pleasing visitor from 2018, namely comet 46P/Wirtanen which reached perihelion, closest approach (and naked eye visibility) in December. […]
American amateur astronomer Don Machholz has discovered his 12th comet in the early hours of November 07, 2018. Currently designated DM001, the comet is yet to be assigned to his name given that some Japanese astronomers discovered the comet at roughly the same time. Machholz wrote on his Twitter account..
Comet Wirtanen is coming! The 1.2 kilometer object is earmarked to become the brightest comet of 2018. However, we hasten to add that this comet is […]
On Monday September 10, 2018 a Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner will reach closest approach to the Earth at a distance of 0.39AU (36 million miles). This will […]
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner has been well placed throughout June and July for northern hemisphere observers as the icy ball of dust passed through the high altitude, […]
On 30 June Comet PanSTARRS 2017 S3 caught astronomers attention as the ball of ice and dust endured an outburst resulting in a jump in […]
At the time of writing Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner passed 58 Cygni (Latin v Cygni) a binary star in Cygnus which shines at magnitude 3.94 and 6.40. This […]
Throughout Autumn 2017, Comet C/2016 R2 PanSTARRS has been watched closely as it showed some bizarre behavior. The icy object located beyond the orbit or […]
Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN1) is now located between the constellations of Perseus and Auriga heading towards Camelopardalis (at the time of writing). This now places […]
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