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New GOES-16 Weather Satellite Beams Back Beautiful (And Useful) Photos Of Earth
This composite color full-disk visible image of the Western Hemisphere was captured from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite at 12:07 pm CST on Jan. 15, 2017 and created using several of the 16 spectral channels...
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Iridium Satellites Keep The Fireworks Coming … But Not Forever
A spectacular flare from the Iridium 3 satellite occurred last night (July 4) that was more than 15 times as brilliant as Venus. It happened at 11:39 p.m. below the bright star Arcturus at upper right...
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Perseid Meteor Shower Will Still Be Active Sunday Night
A bright Perseid meteor shot out near the radiant around 10:40 p.m. CDT Sat. night, Aug. 12. Credit: Bob King Too bad the clouds moved in! I had clear skies until about 11 p.m. and saw some great...
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See The Spring Triangle / Farewell Humanity!
The Spring Triangle brings in the season. You can spot it around 10-10:30 p.m. local time in the southeastern sky in mid March and around 9:30-10 p.m. at the end of the month. Bob King We all enjoy...
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Tiangong 1 Space Station Reentry Expected Over Easter Weekend
A few facts about Tiangong 1 and a reentry simulation As the kids look for Easter eggs this weekend others will be watching for a falling space station. As reported earlier, the 18,753 pound (8,506...
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How To See The Chinese Space Station One Last Time Before It Burns Up
We’ll have one last chance to see the 9.3-ton (8,500 kg) Chinese space station before it plunges to Earth sometime Easter Day. Aerospace.org ** UPDATE 9 p.m. CDT April 1: The U.S. Strategic Command’s...
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Want To See The Space Station? Now’s A Great Time
A stunning image of the aurora from the International Space Station. NASA / ESA The International Space Station (ISS) has a cycle. For a week or more, it only makes passes during daylight hours, so...
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“Diamond In The Sky” Art Satellite To Launch Monday
The Orbital Reflector is an art installation nearly 100 feet long that will roll out and inflate from a tiny satellite that will launch on Monday (Nov. 19). Click here to watch the launch via live...
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Follow The International Space Station To The Land Of The Midnight Sun
With a little luck the aurora might put in an appearance in the next few nights as it did when I took this photo of this 30-second time exposure of the space station a few years back. Bob King The...
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Pall Of Wildfire Smoke Dims Sun, Smudges Stars / Starlink Satellite ‘Train’...
At 8 a.m. today (May 30), more than two hours after sunrise, fire smoke from Alberta, Canada forest fires thousands of miles away still reddened the sun and attenuated its light. Bob King It must have...
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