This episode of NASA ScienceCasts is titled Sunset Comet
Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of a wild and ragged tail.
More at Sunset Comet – NASA Science
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The latest Planetary Society Weekly Hangout deals with “Being WISE about asteroids, comets, and brown dwarfs with Amy Main”:
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Alan Boyle posts several excellent photos of Comet PanSTARRS , including one by Mike Massee of XCOR showing the comet, the Moon, a mountain, and many Mojave windmills: Moon pairs up with Comet PanSTARRS for big show – PhotoBlog .
Here’s a video about observing the comet this spring:
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A call for more amateur astronomers to help find and track asteroids that could potentially threaten earth: Amateur Astronomers Can Help Planetary Defense – Space Safety Magazine .
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