This spectacular image by “AmazingSky” guy Alan Dyer of Calgary, Alberta, taken on November 15-16, 2020, captured the fuzzy green blob of comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS) as it passed the bright, bluish star Bellatrix in Orion (the Hunter). The red nebulosity at top left is glowing Hydrogen gas surrounding Meissa, aka Lambda Orionis, the head…
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This all-sky image from November, 1998 by Juraj Toth of Modra Observatory, operated by Comenius University in Bratislava, shows about 100 Leonids meteors emanating from the region of sky near Leo. It was compiled during a 4 hour period. NASA APOD for November 4, 2001 Hello, mid-November Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the…
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The Double Cluster, imaged here by Volker Wendel, is about 6,800 light-years away from our sun. The area shown spans about one degree, or a thumb’s width, of sky. NASA APOD for December 7, 2007 Hello, Dark-Sky Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of November 8th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free…
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