Category: Celestial Objects

It seems that the gift that Christmas wanted to give us this year goes far beyond expectations. On December 29th, the first interstellar comet discovered will pass to the minimum distance from Earth – 1.9 AU. The first comet of interstellar origin  Its name is C/2019 Q4 or 2I/Borisov. The second interstellar object ever observed, […]

The sky of December 2019: constellations, conjunctions, shooting stars… With the winter solstice leading the way towards the season that sees the constellation of Orion in the northern skies as the protagonist, the sky of December 2019 will be propped up with “shooting stars”, conjunctions, and the planets that until now have made it by […]

Celestial show of November, are the Leonids, rain of shooting stars originating from the Tempel-Tuttle comet. The meteor shower is active from the 14th of the month. It will have its maximum peak between 17 and 18 November. Appointment with the wishes and with the Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Also this year the Earth is going through […]

Taurids sometimes take the form of gigantic bolides in the sky As already mentioned in the article on the sky of November 2019, this year the month opens with a flourish… With the arrival of the Taurids, the “shooting stars” of autumn that, together with the Leonids at the end of November, will flash in […]

A November full of astronomical events: in addition to the transit of Mercury, shooting stars and beautiful conjunctions… A special occasion, that of 11 November, which will allow astronomers and astronomy enthusiasts to witness the most anticipated phenomenon of the year: the transit of Mercury in front of the Sun. Telescopes focused on the event […]

The seventh planet in order of distance from the Sun, will be in opposition to our star on October 28, 2019. This is a good opportunity to learn more about Uranus. Here are 6 curiosities on the planet. Uranus, from the name of the Greek father of Cronus (Saturn) presents like every planet, characteristics that […]

Up to 20 meteors per hour, scheduled for the night between 21 and 22 October. The “shooting stars” called Orionids will follow each other in the sky. Falling stars of Autumn We have already spoken, in the related article about the May sky, of the Eta Aquaridi, the meteor shower that we can admire in […]

Pleiades, curiosity about the “Seven Sisters”, the most suggestive cluster of stars in the celestial vault. The Pleiades, sung since ancient times, are the most famous open star cluster in the northern sky. Pascoli’s “Chioccetta” goes to reach its peak of visibility in the sky. And you, how many Pleiades can you spot with the […]

There are those who call it the Cannibal galaxy, the “sister” of the Milky Way. One thing is certain: the Andromeda Galaxy will collide with the Milky Way. Here is the study. Andromeda Galaxy, M31, NGC224, the “cannibal galaxy”. Probably the Galaxy with more names, at least among those of the Local Group. A team […]

Eyes on M31, the largest galaxy in the Local Group. Probably the object of the deepest sky most photographed, admired and studied. With the fall comes the chance to admire the famous Andromeda Galaxy in the northern sky, about 2.5 million light-years away from us. It is the largest galaxy closest to the Earth. Do […]