Starship Asterisk*

Comet P12/ Pons Brooks with its striking anti-tail Comet P12/ Pons Brooks is moving south and away from the plane of the solar system. It is therefore gaining altitude on the Western horizon each day for Southern Hemisphere imagers. In this image the comet is displaying 3 tails. An ion tail, a dust...

Comet 12P/ Pons Brooks - a southern view We have been seeing all the lovely images of Comet 12P/ Pons Brooks from the Northern Hemisphere and waiting to see it as it moves south. In the last couple of days the comet has been well enough placed for us to image it in detail. In the image the blue-grey...

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3 recent images of Mars covering most of the planet's surface. As Mars approaches opposition, these 3 high resolution amateur planetary images show most of what can be seen of the red planet as it spins on its axis. mars2020_28-08_05-09_15-09_Montage_annotated.jpg Over the last 3 weeks as the aspect...