comets

Comet C/2022 E3 is the greenish diffuse streak to the right of (a), taken on 10.02.2023 at 20:01 UTC in the constellation Taurus. It was of rather modest appearance.(b) = Mars. Next to (c) is COSPAR 2010-043D = NORAD 37155, a Russian Briz-KM rocket upper stage that was launched from Plesetsk on 08.09.2010 and deployed … Read more

C/2023 A3 passed through its perihelion on 27.09.2024, after which its absolute brightness steadily decreased. It reached its smallest distance to Earth on 12.10.2024 and I was able to see it effortlessly as a bright object on the western horizon for the first time on the evening of 13.10.2024. However, I didn’t have a camera … Read more