M65/M66 Group
M65/M66 Group The Leo Triplet is a Galactic Trio in Leo (also known as the M66 Group) is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies …
M84/M86 Markarian’s Chain
M84/M86 Markarian’s Chain M84/M86 Markarian’s Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster. When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line. Charles Messier first discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, …
Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 10 2011
Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 10 2011 The Total Lunar Eclipse of Dec 10 2011 occurred while I was in Calgary, at that time I was commuting to work during the week to Edmonton. If Determined that the Moon Set …
Comet Panstarrs 2011
Comet Panstarrs Comet Panstarrs (C/2011 L4) is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011 that became visible to the naked eye when it was near perihelion in March 2013. It was discovered using the Pan-STARRS telescope located near the summit …
Comet Neowise with NLC clouds in 2020
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. At that …
Comet Halley 1986: A Personal Account of its Observation
Comet Halley 1986 Comet Halley 1986: officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–79 years. Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and thus the only …
Solar Eclipse Totality 2017
Solar Eclipse Totality 2017 Solar Eclipse Totality 2017 From Idaho, this is the total eclipse of the sun, Yes I stood in the shadow of the sun and I have pictures to prove it. Observation Log Information Log Index: 1243 Session: …