TOP TELESCOPE PICK: (Image credit: Celestron) Want to see comets in the night sky up close? The Celestron NexStar 4SE is ideal for beginners and provides excellent views of a wide range of objects. For a more in-depth look at our Celestron NexStar 4SE review. Comet ATLAS is more likely...
FEBRUARY AND MARCHfinder chart for Comet Lovejoy, C/2014 Q2. The dates are in Universal Time; the ticks are at 0:00 UT (7:00 p.m. on the previous date Eastern Standard Time).Click here for larger, print-friendly black-on-white PDF. Sky & Telescope map. Alongside where to see Come...
Joe Rao Skywatching Columnist Joe Rao is Space.com's skywatching columnist, as well as a veteran meteorologist and eclipse chaser who also serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, Sky & Telescope and ...
October 1st, atmospherics allowed for early viewing with a relatively distance cloud line on the horizon. Transparency was okay, lots of aerosols and vantage point saw a fair amount of skyglow, though elevation was advantageous in its own right, I think. Camera: Samsung NX Mini with c-mount ...
Well no luck tonight. I arrived at a great spot with an excellent view of the horizon and it even has two porta potty’s there. The sky was clear. Then the sun set and the clouds rolled in at the same time. Spectacular sunset but no luck with even some sucker holes in the clouds...
(Hong Kong Space Museum Photo via Sky & Telescope) Tonight’s the night when a lunar eclipse dims the full moon, and when a recently discovered green comet comes closest to our planet. But unless you know what’s coming, you’re almost certain to miss them. You may miss them anyway,...
Where is the Neowise comet tonight? The comet, officially known as C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, is currently visible in the northwestern sky just after sunset for skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere. Clear, dark skies away from city lights and an unobstructed view of the northwestern horizon are neede...
To watch, stargazers need only visit the Virtual Telescope Project's webTV page. GREEN COMET SIGHTING: HERE'S WHEN TO SEE THIS CELESTIAL VIEW UNLIKELY TO RETURN FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS For those hoping the catch their own view of the comet, the sky must be dark, moonless and as free of...
It will allow us to take more images of our night sky more quickly, and see objects that are even fainter. It’s likely that in the next ten years we could double or even triple the amount of known dark comets, and start to understan...
Although ultimately a disappointment for skywatchers, Comet ATLAS turns out to have quite a remarkable history, along with a spectacular celestial sibling still out in space. On December 29, 2019, a comet was spotted by the University of Hawai'i's Asteroid T...