Limerick Astronomy Club

Hi Conn

Just back from US travels so have had no opportunity to look for the comet, and am off again in Fab through most of March. Did you have any joy yourself? - apparently a rather nice green colour can be seen.

Tony

Comet 45P, full name Comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, has been slowly moving across the night sky over the past few weeks, and on New Year’s Eve (tonight) it should have been easy to spot in binoculars or a small telescope, as it meets up just east of the crescent moon. Note it was not visible to ...

same site I use

An update: Around the Arctic Circle, the longest night of the year, and first day of Winter as the Sun crosses south of the celestial equator, has arrived with perfect timing. As predicted, a high-speed stream of solar wind hit Earth's magnetic field today (the northern winter solstice) filling the ...

Earth's orbit is about to enter a solar wind stream flowing from a large coronal hole in the Sun's atmosphere - nothing new here. As a result, polar G1-class geomagnetic storms are expected to begin on Dec. 21st (today) with magnetic unrest continuing through Dec. 25th as Earth slowly crosses the br...