Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 357
C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland)
1956 Nov 8: Discovered by S. J. V. Arend & G. Roland (Belgium) at 10 mag. Predisc of Nov 7 from Japan. The comet reached 1 mag around perihelion (1957 Apr 8 at 0.32 au). Max tail 30° and 15° sunward tail! Last seen on Apr 11.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland)
1956 Nov 8: Discovered by S. J. V. Arend & G. Roland (Belgium) at 10 mag. Predisc of Nov 7 from Japan. The comet reached 1 mag around perihelion (1957 Apr 8 at 0.32 au). Max tail 30° and 15° sunward tail! Last seen on Apr 11.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#bskycometography no. 357
C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland)
1956 Nov 8: Discovered by S. J. V. Arend & G. Roland (Belgium) at 10 mag. Predisc of Nov 7 from Japan. The comet reached 1 mag around perihelion (1957 Apr 8 at 0.32 au). Max tail 30° and 15° sunward tail! Last seen on Apr 11.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1956 R1 (Arend-Roland)
1956 Nov 8: Discovered by S. J. V. Arend & G. Roland (Belgium) at 10 mag. Predisc of Nov 7 from Japan. The comet reached 1 mag around perihelion (1957 Apr 8 at 0.32 au). Max tail 30° and 15° sunward tail! Last seen on Apr 11.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 346
C/1695 U1
1695 Oct 28: Seen first from the vessel "Le Floriant" in the Arabian Sea at ~1 mag. The tail was 15° at first, reaching almost 28° on Nov 6/7. Very uncertain orbit w/ perihelion on Oct 23 at 0.04 au. Definitely no sungrazer. Last seen on Nov 18.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1695 U1
1695 Oct 28: Seen first from the vessel "Le Floriant" in the Arabian Sea at ~1 mag. The tail was 15° at first, reaching almost 28° on Nov 6/7. Very uncertain orbit w/ perihelion on Oct 23 at 0.04 au. Definitely no sungrazer. Last seen on Nov 18.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
#bskycometography no. 346
C/1695 U1
1695 Oct 28: Seen first from the vessel "Le Floriant" in the Arabian Sea at ~1 mag. The tail was 15° at first, reaching almost 28° on Nov 6/7. Very uncertain orbit w/ perihelion on Oct 23 at 0.04 au. Definitely no sungrazer. Last seen on Nov 18.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1695 U1
1695 Oct 28: Seen first from the vessel "Le Floriant" in the Arabian Sea at ~1 mag. The tail was 15° at first, reaching almost 28° on Nov 6/7. Very uncertain orbit w/ perihelion on Oct 23 at 0.04 au. Definitely no sungrazer. Last seen on Nov 18.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 344
C/1840 U1 (Bremiker)
1840 Oct 26: Discovered by K. Bremiker (Germany) at 9 mag. The comet brightened slightly while passing perihelion on Nov 14 at 1.48 au. Perigee on Dec 4 at 0.87 au. The comet was last detected on 1841 Feb 16. Period 250-400 years.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1840 U1 (Bremiker)
1840 Oct 26: Discovered by K. Bremiker (Germany) at 9 mag. The comet brightened slightly while passing perihelion on Nov 14 at 1.48 au. Perigee on Dec 4 at 0.87 au. The comet was last detected on 1841 Feb 16. Period 250-400 years.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#bskycometography no. 344
C/1840 U1 (Bremiker)
1840 Oct 26: Discovered by K. Bremiker (Germany) at 9 mag. The comet brightened slightly while passing perihelion on Nov 14 at 1.48 au. Perigee on Dec 4 at 0.87 au. The comet was last detected on 1841 Feb 16. Period 250-400 years.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1840 U1 (Bremiker)
1840 Oct 26: Discovered by K. Bremiker (Germany) at 9 mag. The comet brightened slightly while passing perihelion on Nov 14 at 1.48 au. Perigee on Dec 4 at 0.87 au. The comet was last detected on 1841 Feb 16. Period 250-400 years.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
Another mini-moon? Maybe. Newly discovered 2025 US6 is officially listed as an asteroid.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
October 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Another mini-moon? Maybe. Newly discovered 2025 US6 is officially listed as an asteroid.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Unlike our quasi-moon 2025 PN7, this one is actually bound to Earth, for now.
Its orbit is pure chaos. Enjoy it while it lasts. It’ll probably be demoted to space junk.
Reposted by Neil Norman
Managed to grab a few more images of Comet Lemmon this evening (Sunday Oct 26th) from Kielder Campsite, Northumberland, through very brief gaps in the clouds. This is a phone-processed stack of half a dozen jpg images taken with my Seestar S50.
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Managed to grab a few more images of Comet Lemmon this evening (Sunday Oct 26th) from Kielder Campsite, Northumberland, through very brief gaps in the clouds. This is a phone-processed stack of half a dozen jpg images taken with my Seestar S50.
Reposted by Neil Norman
Based on analysis of TLEs, the Chinese Space Station
made a 3.2 m/s reboost on Oct 17 at about 0947 UTC
made a 3.2 m/s reboost on Oct 17 at about 0947 UTC
October 27, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Based on analysis of TLEs, the Chinese Space Station
made a 3.2 m/s reboost on Oct 17 at about 0947 UTC
made a 3.2 m/s reboost on Oct 17 at about 0947 UTC
Reposted by Neil Norman
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on the evening of 25 October. The sky was a bit clearer this evening so I got a better view of the comet and especially the tail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #A6Lemmon
October 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) on the evening of 25 October. The sky was a bit clearer this evening so I got a better view of the comet and especially the tail. #Astronomy #Astrophotography #A6Lemmon
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As of 5am EDT #Hurricane #Melissa is now a cat5 hurricane with 160mph sustained winds. Will cause catastrophic damage to Jamaica over the next 24 hours.
October 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As of 5am EDT #Hurricane #Melissa is now a cat5 hurricane with 160mph sustained winds. Will cause catastrophic damage to Jamaica over the next 24 hours.
Reposted by Neil Norman
Best images of Comet Lemmon taken from the Autumn 2025 Kielder Star Camp using my Seestar S50. Looking forward to processing the raw subs properly when we get home!
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Best images of Comet Lemmon taken from the Autumn 2025 Kielder Star Camp using my Seestar S50. Looking forward to processing the raw subs properly when we get home!
Reposted by Neil Norman
Comet Lemmon on 23 October, showing a very active and turbulent ion tail. Slightly different processing to not burn the nucleus. More info in alt. #cometWatch #astronomy #astrophotography #space
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Comet Lemmon on 23 October, showing a very active and turbulent ion tail. Slightly different processing to not burn the nucleus. More info in alt. #cometWatch #astronomy #astrophotography #space
Reposted by Neil Norman
🔭Messier 96🔭 M96 is categorized as a double-barred spiral galaxy with a small inner bulge through the core along with an outer bulge and about the same mass and size as the Milky Way. Is the brightest galaxy within the M96 Group.
www.astrobin.com/full/kit89v/D/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
www.astrobin.com/full/kit89v/D/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔭Messier 96🔭 M96 is categorized as a double-barred spiral galaxy with a small inner bulge through the core along with an outer bulge and about the same mass and size as the Milky Way. Is the brightest galaxy within the M96 Group.
www.astrobin.com/full/kit89v/D/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
www.astrobin.com/full/kit89v/D/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
Reposted by Neil Norman
There is another comet visible in the night sky at the moment - C/2025 R2 (SWAN). It is currently between Aquarius, Aquila and Capricornus and shining around mag 7. It's quite a small target and doesn't have much of a tail. Here's a shot I got on 23 October. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
There is another comet visible in the night sky at the moment - C/2025 R2 (SWAN). It is currently between Aquarius, Aquila and Capricornus and shining around mag 7. It's quite a small target and doesn't have much of a tail. Here's a shot I got on 23 October. #Astronomy #Astrophotography
Reposted by Neil Norman
I’ve made a short video showing comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as it passed perihelion in November 8, 2025 — which, by the way, it has survived.
It was observed through the LASCO-C3 coronagraph aboard the SOHO solar space telescope, and I think it went largely unnoticed.
#astronomy #comet
It was observed through the LASCO-C3 coronagraph aboard the SOHO solar space telescope, and I think it went largely unnoticed.
#astronomy #comet
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I’ve made a short video showing comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as it passed perihelion in November 8, 2025 — which, by the way, it has survived.
It was observed through the LASCO-C3 coronagraph aboard the SOHO solar space telescope, and I think it went largely unnoticed.
#astronomy #comet
It was observed through the LASCO-C3 coronagraph aboard the SOHO solar space telescope, and I think it went largely unnoticed.
#astronomy #comet
Reposted by Neil Norman
Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Another comet Lemmon image, taken on 21 Oct.
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
For this one I used my mono camera with red, green and blue filters to capture colour data, which I added to the main mono image to create an LRGB colour image.
Scope was a 550mm focal length Esprit 100.
🔭
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 343
C/1639 U1
1639 Oct 25: Seen only over three days and recorded from Korea, China and Italy. Close perigee on Oct 26 at only 0.08 au while exhibiting a "fluffy shape"! The comet was not very bright but rather large, typical for comets close to Earth.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1639 U1
1639 Oct 25: Seen only over three days and recorded from Korea, China and Italy. Close perigee on Oct 26 at only 0.08 au while exhibiting a "fluffy shape"! The comet was not very bright but rather large, typical for comets close to Earth.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
#bskycometography no. 343
C/1639 U1
1639 Oct 25: Seen only over three days and recorded from Korea, China and Italy. Close perigee on Oct 26 at only 0.08 au while exhibiting a "fluffy shape"! The comet was not very bright but rather large, typical for comets close to Earth.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1639 U1
1639 Oct 25: Seen only over three days and recorded from Korea, China and Italy. Close perigee on Oct 26 at only 0.08 au while exhibiting a "fluffy shape"! The comet was not very bright but rather large, typical for comets close to Earth.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
I'm only seeing clouds, so I'm left with such images...
☄️🔭
☄️🔭
☄️C/2025 R2 (SWAN) with Blue Horsehead (IC 4592) visible lower right.
📸Alessandro Carrozzi
📍Chile
🗓️ Oct 8
Technical
Samyang 135mm f/3.5 lens, ZWO ASI 2600MM📸, Astrodon LRGB filters, total integration time of 32min.
Sources
www.flickr.com/photos/15165...
spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...
📸Alessandro Carrozzi
📍Chile
🗓️ Oct 8
Technical
Samyang 135mm f/3.5 lens, ZWO ASI 2600MM📸, Astrodon LRGB filters, total integration time of 32min.
Sources
www.flickr.com/photos/15165...
spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm only seeing clouds, so I'm left with such images...
☄️🔭
☄️🔭
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 332
C/1907 T1 (Mellish)
1907 Oct 14: Discovered by J. E. Mellish (USA) visually at 9 mag. The comet had passed perihelion already on Sep 14 at 0.98 au. It reached ~ 8 mag during perigee (0.41 au on Nov 11). The comet was last detected on 1908 Jan 22.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1907 T1 (Mellish)
1907 Oct 14: Discovered by J. E. Mellish (USA) visually at 9 mag. The comet had passed perihelion already on Sep 14 at 0.98 au. It reached ~ 8 mag during perigee (0.41 au on Nov 11). The comet was last detected on 1908 Jan 22.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#bskycometography no. 332
C/1907 T1 (Mellish)
1907 Oct 14: Discovered by J. E. Mellish (USA) visually at 9 mag. The comet had passed perihelion already on Sep 14 at 0.98 au. It reached ~ 8 mag during perigee (0.41 au on Nov 11). The comet was last detected on 1908 Jan 22.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1907 T1 (Mellish)
1907 Oct 14: Discovered by J. E. Mellish (USA) visually at 9 mag. The comet had passed perihelion already on Sep 14 at 0.98 au. It reached ~ 8 mag during perigee (0.41 au on Nov 11). The comet was last detected on 1908 Jan 22.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 327
C/1985 T1 (Thiele)
1985 Oct 9: Disc by U. Thiele (Spain) at 13 mag accidentally on mispointed plates taken for 1P/Halley. Predisc image of Oct 8. It reached 7 mag during perigee (Nov 4 at 0.54 au). Perihelion on Dec 19 at 1.32 au. Last seen on 1987 Apr 3.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1985 T1 (Thiele)
1985 Oct 9: Disc by U. Thiele (Spain) at 13 mag accidentally on mispointed plates taken for 1P/Halley. Predisc image of Oct 8. It reached 7 mag during perigee (Nov 4 at 0.54 au). Perihelion on Dec 19 at 1.32 au. Last seen on 1987 Apr 3.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#bskycometography no. 327
C/1985 T1 (Thiele)
1985 Oct 9: Disc by U. Thiele (Spain) at 13 mag accidentally on mispointed plates taken for 1P/Halley. Predisc image of Oct 8. It reached 7 mag during perigee (Nov 4 at 0.54 au). Perihelion on Dec 19 at 1.32 au. Last seen on 1987 Apr 3.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/1985 T1 (Thiele)
1985 Oct 9: Disc by U. Thiele (Spain) at 13 mag accidentally on mispointed plates taken for 1P/Halley. Predisc image of Oct 8. It reached 7 mag during perigee (Nov 4 at 0.54 au). Perihelion on Dec 19 at 1.32 au. Last seen on 1987 Apr 3.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
Periodic comet 240P/NEAT on 23 September 2025. Much brighter than initial predictions, it features a dust tail which up to its faintest extremities is 25 arcminutes long. Currently slowing down as it enters retrograde motion. #cometWatch #astrophotography #astronomy
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Periodic comet 240P/NEAT on 23 September 2025. Much brighter than initial predictions, it features a dust tail which up to its faintest extremities is 25 arcminutes long. Currently slowing down as it enters retrograde motion. #cometWatch #astrophotography #astronomy
Reposted by Neil Norman
Thought so. Another newly discovered comet could hold promise in early 2026: I give you Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, discovered by the prolific Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System and announced earlier this week: www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005...
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Thought so. Another newly discovered comet could hold promise in early 2026: I give you Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, discovered by the prolific Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System and announced earlier this week: www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005...
Reposted by Neil Norman
#bskycometography no. 309
C/2012 S1 (ISON)
2012 Sep 21: Disc by the International Scientific Optical Network (Russia) at 17.5 mag. Very small perihelion at 0.012 au on 2013 Nov 28 lead to extreme predictions. It reached -2 mag very close to the sun & disintegrated. Last seen Dec 7.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/2012 S1 (ISON)
2012 Sep 21: Disc by the International Scientific Optical Network (Russia) at 17.5 mag. Very small perihelion at 0.012 au on 2013 Nov 28 lead to extreme predictions. It reached -2 mag very close to the sun & disintegrated. Last seen Dec 7.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
September 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#bskycometography no. 309
C/2012 S1 (ISON)
2012 Sep 21: Disc by the International Scientific Optical Network (Russia) at 17.5 mag. Very small perihelion at 0.012 au on 2013 Nov 28 lead to extreme predictions. It reached -2 mag very close to the sun & disintegrated. Last seen Dec 7.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
C/2012 S1 (ISON)
2012 Sep 21: Disc by the International Scientific Optical Network (Russia) at 17.5 mag. Very small perihelion at 0.012 au on 2013 Nov 28 lead to extreme predictions. It reached -2 mag very close to the sun & disintegrated. Last seen Dec 7.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
Reposted by Neil Norman
A large prominence is currently liftoff near the northeast limb. Image by GOES-19 SUVI. SolarHam.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A large prominence is currently liftoff near the northeast limb. Image by GOES-19 SUVI. SolarHam.com
Reposted by Neil Norman
We’re seeing amazing images of last night’s partial solar eclipse from around the South Pacific region, including these captures courtesy of Joerg Schoppmeyer, Paul D. Maley,
Taichi Nakamura, and Ian Griffin: www.instagram.com/p/DO4AySWk8KZ/ This was the last eclipse of 2025.
Taichi Nakamura, and Ian Griffin: www.instagram.com/p/DO4AySWk8KZ/ This was the last eclipse of 2025.
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We’re seeing amazing images of last night’s partial solar eclipse from around the South Pacific region, including these captures courtesy of Joerg Schoppmeyer, Paul D. Maley,
Taichi Nakamura, and Ian Griffin: www.instagram.com/p/DO4AySWk8KZ/ This was the last eclipse of 2025.
Taichi Nakamura, and Ian Griffin: www.instagram.com/p/DO4AySWk8KZ/ This was the last eclipse of 2025.
Reposted by Neil Norman
Look, when you're a zombie star eating the entrails of a hot planet, sometimes you just need to cool things down a bit.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/astronomer...
🔭🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/astronomer...
🔭🧪
Astronomers found a dead star that might be munching on a Pluto-like planet
Yeah, some stories are just cooler than others
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Look, when you're a zombie star eating the entrails of a hot planet, sometimes you just need to cool things down a bit.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/astronomer...
🔭🧪
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/astronomer...
🔭🧪
Reposted by Neil Norman
🔭Messier 95🔭M95 is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 M l-y away in constellation Leo. Star formation is occurring in at least five regions and this clusters contain 1.8–8.7 M stars and may be on the way to forming globular clusters.
www.astrobin.com/full/p648at/E/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
www.astrobin.com/full/p648at/E/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🔭Messier 95🔭M95 is a barred spiral galaxy about 33 M l-y away in constellation Leo. Star formation is occurring in at least five regions and this clusters contain 1.8–8.7 M stars and may be on the way to forming globular clusters.
www.astrobin.com/full/p648at/E/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy
www.astrobin.com/full/p648at/E/
#Astrophotography #Astronomy #Galaxy