With bright twilight now persisting well into the night, observers of the sky should watch out for a particularly beautiful type of cloud formation seen only at this time of year.
Known as Noctilucent cloud, these delicate formations appear above the northern horizon, long after sunset, often around midnight. Shining quite brightly, Noctilucent cloud is filamentary in structure, having a characteristic silvery-blue colour... [Read more about Noctilucent cloud]
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Comet Catalina was discovered on 31 October 2013 by the Catalina Sky Survey with their 0.68 meter Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
It is closest to the Sun on 15-Nov-2015... [Read more about Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina]
A large asteroid discovered just a few weeks ago will narrowly miss the Earth on Oct 31st – Halloween.
Nicknamed “the Great Pumpkin” and “Spooky” but technically known as 2015 TB145, is an estimated 400m wide – 20 times bigger than the meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013... [Read more about Pumpkin or Skull? Asteroid 2015 TB145 "Near Miss"]
| Sun | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| Actual | 06:54 | 16:38 |
| Civil Twilight | 06:17 | 17:15 |
| Nautical Twilight | 05:35 | 17:57 |
| Astronomical Twilight | 04:53 | 18:38 |
| Moon | Rise | Set |
|---|---|---|
| 12:52 | 18:25 |
