Travelers in the Night Eps. 315 & 316: See Comets & Weird Centaur

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an
observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006.
travelersinthenight.org


From January 2017 & August 2024.


Today's 2 topics:


- 2017 will be (was) a good year to view comets with your unaided
eye or a pair of binoculars.


- My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was surprised
to find a moving point of light on some his images which was more
than 50 times brighter than a typical Earth approaching object he
observes. He was even more amazed when it was not cataloged as a
known object and he reported his observations to the Minor Planet
Center. 


 


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