Fireball Hits Near Canal Flats 20 Dec 2014
On the Hunt for rare rock after meteorite falls in December University of Calgary geoscience professor asking for the public’s help. A month after a spectacular fireball December 20, 2014, over the Rocky Mountains, University of Calgary researcher Alan Hildebrand is on a quest for rare meteorites. In the early morning hours of December 20 […]
Geminid Meteor Shower 14 Dec 2014
Geminid Meteor Shower Sun Dec 14 2014 One of the best meteor showers during the year are the Geminids, which occur annually on Dec 14. Earth enters the fringes of their orbit from Dec 4 until Dec 17. The peak of 120 meteors per hour, should be from Saturday noon Dec 13, until Sunday morning […]
Leonid Meteor Shower and Northern Lights 2014 Nov 17.9
The LEONID METEOR SHOWER rapidly approaches us on Sunday night/ Monday morning, Nov 16/17, when the Earth passes through dust and ice particles from comet Tempel-Tuttle. Meteor counts are estimated at around 15 per hour this year (or one meteor every 4 minutes). The crescent Moon is below the Eastern horizon until around 1am, so […]
NASA’s Night Sky in October 2014
What’s up for October 2014. The sky at night this month from NASA JPL. http://youtu.be/uPQh0JwfEh4
The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
The Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower should peak Monday night, the 5th of May at 07:00 Universal Time (or midnight Mountain Time, 11pm Pacific Time), but the best viewing times (due to the Moon and a low Eastern radiant) will a few hours before dawn Tuesday morning, around 4am to 5am. At the peak, up to […]
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Tuesday May 6 2014 around 4am
The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower should peak Tuesday morning, the 6th of May at 07:00 Universal Time (or midnight Pacific Daylight Savings Time, or 1am Mountain Saving Time), but the best viewing times (due to the Moon and a low Eastern radiant) will a few hours before dawn Tuesday morning, around 4am to 5am. At […]
Comet ISON and Meteor Counts in January 2014
Preliminary results from Belarus-Ukraine observers : are consistent with the hypothesis that earth did pass through Comet ISON’s long tail in January 7-23, and that this caused a significant increase in meteor counts as detected by observers in Ukraine and Belarus. To read early report (PS this is a work in progress : http://1drv.ms/1gWhvHW ) Period January 7-23 Year […]
Northern lights photographed by Andy Gray on Nov 27
Northern lights photographed by Andy Gray on Nov 27 @ Northumberland, UK http://t.co/SkiAiCOKPq #aurora pic.twitter.com/FV0Bxl9HAf — Observing Space (@ObservingSpace) February 27, 2014 This was the night of the COMET ISON perihelion and sublimation event November 27th. The cosmic wind would carry particles in a cone shape away from far side of the sun. So it […]
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids
An Incredible Visualization of Asteroids from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. 100,000 asteroids in computer generated simulation from Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/109664/an-incredible-visualization-of-asteroids-from-the-sloan-digital-sky-survey/#ixzz2uBBnO6fO
New ANURADHAPURA meteorite analyzed for LIFE
Feb 2014 : New ANURADHAPURA meteorite analyzed for LIFE. Results consistent with Life. http://t.co/uu1du5zkjD @AstrobiologyNAI @NASA — Bill Smith (@IdeasExplorer) February 9, 2014