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Image galleries of comet Panstarrs
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Comet C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs) approaching its maximum of brightness, which occurs when comet reach perihelion, 10. march 2013 in distance 0.3 AU from Sun. Actually it is visible only from southern hemisphere, luckily in range of our robotic telescope FRAM. We are able not just monitor its brightness on regular base but also Read more |
Asteroid 2012-DA14 flyby
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 fly just 28 000 over Earth surface during friday 15. February and reached brightness near 7. mag. Asteroid have diameter near 45 meters and estimated mass 130 000 tons. Impact on Earth can cause explosion equivalent to 150 Hirosima bombs. We were carefully observing this object, as first from southern Read more |
Brightness evolution of comet C/2011 L4 (Panstarrs)
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Comet C/2012 L4 (Panstarrs) seems to be very tricky. After its discovery, it started brightening with unexpected speed, that leads to very optimistic prospects for this year. If the trend would continue, comet could became very bright even with negative magnitude values. Unfortunately, as it usually happens in case of Read more |
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2012-DA14 with TAD (Tenerife)
[ Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:45:24 +0000 ]
Animation using 5 s. integration time exposures. Details: images taken with the TAD telescope, from the Astrophysics Intitute of Canary Islands, in the Teide Observatory (0.26 m). 5 s integrations, 21:23 UT mid-time. Camera – SBIG ST10 (1092x736px, FOV 16′x11′). … Continue reading →
BOOTES4 (China) 2012-DA14 timelapse
[ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:21:09 +0000 ]
Animation using 0.5 s integration time exposures. Details: images taken with the BOOTES-4/MET 0.6m telescope in Lijiang Astronomical Observatory in China. 0.5 s integrations, 21:35 UT mid-time. 10′ x 10′ FOV. Courtesy: S. Guziy and J. C. Tello on behalf … Continue reading →
It happens once in several decades – fireball over Urals
[ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:00:29 +0000 ]
This morning in Russia, at 9:23 Moscow time (05:23 UT) 15th February, the flyby of several meteorites has been detected. These were, most likely, the remnants of a fireball which exploded at an altitude of 40-50 km after entering the … Continue reading →
