Russian meteorite event
A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of Ural Mountains near Chelyabinsk city early Friday morning on February 15th, 2013 …
Category Archives: Celestial events
Transit of Venus
It is today, on June 5, 2012. It starts at sunset on East Coast (actually at 2 PM). Venus will …
Sky in April 2012
The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks at April 21-22 night, the best observing time is from midnight to dawn April 22. …
Sky in February, 2012
On Tuesday, January 31, near-Earth asteroid 433 Eros makes its closest approach to Earth since 1975. Tuesday morning, it appears …
2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Happy New Year! 2012 started with a beautiful Quadrantid Meteor Shower (as usual). It took place on the night of …
The Sky in January 2012
From a 75 year old friend of mine: “The first twelve days of January was Grandma’s bible when it came …
2011 Geminid Meteor Shower
This year Geminids’s peak was on the night of December 13th though the morning hours of December 14th and also …
Lunar eclipse, December 10, 2011
On the U.S. east coast, the eclipse will start on Saturday, December 10, about 7:01 a.m. EST and it will …
Sky in December 2011
With this post I am starting monthly posts about upcoming celestial events. So what we expect to see in December? …
