C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) A bright, fast moving comet is now gracing the early morning skies. For the early riser, it rises at about 5:45 AM, EDT and will pass behind the sun on October 9th and then become an evening object as it recedes from the sun. The comet arrived at perihelion on Friday, September[…]
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) A bright, fast moving comet is now gracing the early morning skies. For the early riser, it rises at about 5:45 AM, EDT and will pass behind the sun on October 9th and then become an evening object as it recedes from the sun. The comet arrived at perihelion on Friday, September[…]
For our readers, members and subscribers in lower New York State and the greater Tri-State area. A proposal has been made to integrate a Las Vegas style resort and casino into the storied Nassau Coliseum, potentially leading to the demolition of the coliseum. The Nassau Coliseum is just a few blocks from Hofstra University, where[…]
The Solar Dynamics Orbiting Observatory continuously monitors the sun in 10 wavebands, mostly in the extreme ultraviolet part of the spectrum. These UV emissions correspond to super-heated gas in the million-degree range. Our full-featured video is linked below. When observing the sun in visible light, it seems benign enough and is something we’re used to[…]
Jacqueline Fazekas with the Catalina Sky Survey, the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of Steward Observatory, the University of Arizona, discovered the asteroid just hours ago, about eight hours before its predicted impact. The asteroid has been given the provisional designation CAQTDL2. Why wasn’t the object detected earlier? In two words: size and albedo. It’s approximately[…]
I gazed at the full moon, hanging low and bright oe’r the trees last night, warm and inviting on that September night. The Autumnal Equinox The full moon nearest to the Autumnal Equinox is known as the “Harvest Moon” and they both generally occur in September. On rare occasions, the Harvest Moon occurs in October,[…]
