Upcoming Comets - March 03, 2013
The year 2013 is headed to a strong start as a year of comets. There are already two bright comets visible without optical aid with a third on its way for the end of the year.
C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
C/2011 L4 was discover...
Quadrantids, 2013 - December 31, 2012
The new year is almost here again and that means the return of the Quadrantid meteor shower. The shower is named for the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis from where meteors of the shower appear to radiate from. A cl...
Perseids Meteor Shower, 2012 - July 24, 2012
The annual Perseids meteor shower has once again begun. This year's display is expected to be a normal one, peaking on August 12, 2012 at 12-14:00 UTC with a maximum zenith hourly rate of about 100 meteors, or about 1.7 meteo...
Caglow Website Update - July 22, 2012
A few weeks ago, the Caglow website turned three years old. During those three years, the site received only a few additions such as the projects section, the info pages and the image gallery. Much of the site, including the ...
Pluto With 5 Moons - July 12, 2012
It wasn't all that long ago when scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon on Pluto. Now, less than one year later, a fifth moon has showed up. Provisionally named S/2012 P 1, the moon is less than ...
Transit of Venus, 2012 - June 04, 2012
In under 24 hours, Venus will begin its journey across the face of the Sun as seen from the Earth. Such transits last about 6.5 hours and generally occur in pairs separated by 8 years which are in turn, separated by gaps of 1...
June, 2012 Lunar Eclipse - May 28, 2012
With so much attention being focused on the June 5 Transit of Venus, the June 4 partial lunar eclipse has gone almost unnoticed. The reason for this is quite simple: it is a partial lunar eclipse. In other words, not only doe...