Categorie: Transients
Wikipedia: “A Transient is an astronomical object or phenomenon whose duration may be from seconds to days, weeks, or even several years. This is in contrast to the timescale of the millions or billions of years during which the galaxies and their component stars in our universe have evolved.”
This category houses images of Asteroids, Comets, Novae and Transit Events.
I wanted to dedicate a special category to these because these images really are ‘snapshots’ of objects on one particular place and time in space. There will never be any way to replicate them, making them all … unique.
Below is a list of all objects, I’m adding new pictures to the original topics. Topics are sorted by update.
C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
Discovered only 12 days earlier, on august 11, 2023. The comet is only visible very low on the horizon, in…
12P/Pons Brooks
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a captivating interplanetary traveler, embarks on a mesmerizing journey through the solar system. This icy wanderer follows an…
SN2023ixf in M101
This SN was discovered by Koichi Itagaki (Japan) on 19/05/2023. This is a Type II Supernova, brightening fast over the…
C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
A lucky break in the clouds, and WHAT a difference this comet has made in a couple of…
C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
Close encounter with C/2022 E3 ZTF. ATLAS is seen on the right, middle of frame. Here is a composite image…
Party on Jupiter 20221026
On october 26, 2022 we witnessed a double moon and shadow transit, accompanied by the GRS. From right to left,…
SN 2022hrs in NGC 4647
This Supernova was discovered on 2022-04-16 19:15:28 by Koichi Itagaki. It was mag 15 in the discovery image. I am estimating…
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
This comet became known as the first comet where a human spacecraft was able to land on. The spacecraft Rosetta…
C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)
Discovery: 10/06/2019 This comet has a long way to go, Perihelium is at January 05, 2022 – so we have…