AstroEvent of the Week: October 20th-26th, 2008. The Orionid Meteors.
Orionid Radiant…(credit: meteorshowersonline.com) Brace yourselves… meteor season is now well underway. Fresh off the tail of the elusive Draconids early this month comes the Orionids, a decent shower...
View ArticleSee the Orionid Meteor Shower at its Peak.
Meteor season is now well underway. About midway between the August Perseids and the November Leonids is an often over-looked shower; the Orionids. The good news this year is the Orionids occur around...
View Article2012: Don’t Believe the Hype.
I was recently at a waiting room the other day, when the secretary noticed that I had brought a copy of Death From the Skies! to “kill” time. Is that stuff true? she asked. I mentioned that yes,...
View ArticleFlashback: Remembering the Great Comet of 1910.
The “other” comet in 1910…(Credit: Lowell Observatory). 1910 was a heady year both in astronomy and the world at large. The nationalism that would lead to World War I was still fermenting in Europe;...
View Article24.03.11: Comet Elenin: A Great Show, But No Need for Bruce Willis.
The path of Comet Elenin through the inner solar system. (Created using the NASA/JPL Ephemeris Generator). Theres a scene in the otherwise fairly decent 1990s disaster flick Deep Impact where the...
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