Comet Lovejoy

Comet ISON Grows Wings; Comet Lovejoy, a Fountain

Wonderful photos of Comets ISON and Lovejoy with their swollen comas and developing tails  have appeared on these pages, but…

11 years ago

New Timelapse of Comets ISON and Lovejoy

Comet 2012 S1 (ISON) is just 16 days away from its close encounter with the Sun and is now inside…

11 years ago

Tracking Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy through November

Tired of comets yet? Right now, northern hemisphere observers have four (!) comets within range of binoculars in the dawn…

11 years ago

Comet ISON Heats Up, Grows New Tail

I'm starting to get the chills about Comet ISON. I can't help it. With practically every telescope turned the comet's…

11 years ago

Morning Comets Continue to Dazzle in New Images, Timelapses

While many are anticipating seeing Comet ISON, there's more in the sky these days than just one comet. There are…

11 years ago

Four Comets Haunt the Halloween Dawn! Here’s How to See Them

Get your astronomical trick-or-treat bags ready. An excursion under the Halloween morning sky will allow you fill it in a…

11 years ago

Weekend Comet Bonanza!

Astrophotographers were out in full force this weekend to try and capture the bonanza of comets now visible in the…

11 years ago

New Comet Discovered: Lovejoy Will Add to “Comet Lineup” in Winter Skies

Move over Comet ISON. You've got company.  Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, discoverer of three previous comets, including the famous,…

11 years ago

Amazing Panorama of Western Europe at Night from Space Station

[/caption] An amazing panorama revealing Western Europe’s ‘Cities at Night’ with hardware from the stations robotic 'hand' and solar arrays…

13 years ago

I Thought I Saw A UFO! Mystery Triangle On STEREO Image Explained…

Mystery diamond-shape "object" entering the field-of-view of the HI2 telescope on STEREO Behind around December 26, 2011. Credit: NASA The…

13 years ago