Monthly Archives: January 2011

Discovered on 1927, Nov. 15 by Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann from Hamburg Observatory, Bergedorf, Germany, this comet is well known in the astronomical comunity for its periodic (although not regular) outbursts. When in “quiescent” state its magnitude is … Continue reading →

Comet C/2011 A3 (Gibbs) was discovered on 2011, Jan. 15.51 by Alex Gibbs (during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey) in four 22-sec exposures taken with the 0.68-m Schmidt on Mt.Bigelow. He described that the comet showed a 5″ … Continue reading →

2011 AH5 was discovered by Steve Larson (during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey) on 2011, Jan. 08.34 with the 0.68-m Schmidt on Mt.Bigelow. From our site the first clear night after its discovery was yesterday (between 11 and … Continue reading →

2010 JL33 was discovered by Rik Hill (during the course of the Catalina Sky Survey) using the 1.5-m reflector at Mt.Lemmon on 2010, May 06.37. It was promptly catalogued as a PHA. The asteroid passed to perigee on 2010, Dec. … Continue reading →

I’ve observed these two comets (whose cometary features was discovered by members of the T3 project at the end of December) on 2011, Jan. 02 and their activity now is well visible, especially for P/2002 VP94 (LINEAR). It exhibits a … Continue reading →

The sky cleared in the afternoon of the first day of January, 2011, and it remained clear all night long, with a very good transparency and seeing, below 2″. The night between 1 and 2 of January was our most … Continue reading →

(596) Scheila was discovered on 1906, Feb. 21 by August Kopff from Heidelberg-Königstuhl Observatory, Germany. It is a “normal” asteroid inside the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter (a = 2.93 AU, e = 0.17, i = 14.66°), with a … Continue reading →