Now I have a minor planet. It was discovered by Ovidiu Vaduvescu using images by Euronear Project taken at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain. This is a 2.2-km wide asteroid, revolving around the Sun every 5.62 years, at an average distance of 470 million km.🗿🙂
www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bullet...
The appearance of Comet Hyakutake in 1996 had ended a long drought of great comets. But the weather in March 1996 was not very favourable. I was able to see Hyakutake at its closest for 10 minutes only. When I took this single picture 30 years ago today, clouds were coming back already.
APOD 81 & 53
2 Total Lunar eclipses of Saros 133
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
I had photographed 21st February 2008 eclipse from Kaş, Turkey, whereas Petr Horalek shot the pictures of 3rd March 2026 eclipse from Kitt Peak, Arizona.
APOD 80
Twilight With Moon and Planets
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap26022...
Saturn, Mercury, Venus and the Moon shine through bright twilight in the evening of 19th February 2026, as seen from Kirazlı village on the road between Bursa and Uludağ NP.
Souvenir shot of total Lunar eclipse of 3rd March 2026, around the beginning of totality.🌚 This is from Flamingo Campgrounds in Everglades NP, Florida.
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APOD 82
Retrograde Neptune & Saturn 2025-6
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260506.html
vimeo.com/1177973763
I photographed Neptune and Saturn every 6 to 11 days between 9th May 2025 and 25th February 2026 while both planets traced their retrograde loops.
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