SKYWATCH: SOHO’S 2,000TH COMET, SATURN’S EVOLVING WHITE SPOT, AND MORE

SOHO's 2000th comet
SOHO / Karl Battams

 

SOHO: World’s Greatest Comet Finder

December 29, 2010 | The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, a spacecraft that’s spent 15 years staring at the Sun, recently recorded its 2,000th comet. > read more 

February Digital Edition Available

December 23, 2010 | The digital edition of the February 2011 S&T is now available. > read more 

Observing

 

NASA / JPL / Space Science Inst.

 

Saturn’s New Bright Storm

December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more 

Eclipses in 2011

December 30, 2010 | It will be a busy year for eclipse-watchers in the Eastern Hemisphere, but North Americans will have to wait until mid-December to see the Moon covered by Earth’s shadow. > read more 

Meteor Showers in 2011

December 26, 2010 | Sky & Telescope predicts that 2011’s best meteor showers should be the Quadrantids in January and — maybe — an unusual outburst by the normally meek Draconids in October. > read more 

Tour January’s Sky by Eye and Ear!

November 30, 2010 | The New Year opens with a partial solar eclipse, a great meteor shower, and a canopy of bright stars and planets overhead. > read more 

This Week’s Sky at a Glance

 

Dawn view

 

This Week’s Sky at a Glance

December 31, 2010 | Orion is up in the evening with Lepus under his feet, while Jupiter sinks in the southwest. Venus blazes before dawn, when Saturn in a telescope displays its rapidly evolving new white spot. > read more 

Community

 

Telescope in a store
S&T: Craig Michael Utter

 

Help for New Scope Owners

December 26, 2009 | Thousands of telescopes are given and received as gifts during the holidays. But once you’ve assembled your new treasure, then what? The editors of Sky & Telescope have created a special section of easy-to-grasp introductory skywatching articles just for you! > read more

News

 

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