Aurora on Kitt Peak's Spacewatch All-Sky Cam right now! gagarin.lpl.arizona.edu/allsky.htm
Spacewatch All-Sky Camera
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October 11, 2024 at 2:17 AM
Aurora on Kitt Peak's Spacewatch All-Sky Cam right now! gagarin.lpl.arizona.edu/allsky.htm
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Fireball alert over Kitt Peak National Observatory! This brilliant meteor lit up the night sky earlier this week and was caught on camera! #astronomy noirlab.edu/science/obse...
📹: UofA Spacewatch camera
📹: UofA Spacewatch camera
April 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: Fireball alert over Kitt Peak National Observatory! This brilliant meteor lit up the night sky earlier this week and was caught on camera! #astronomy noirlab.edu/science/obse...
📹: UofA Spacewatch camera
📹: UofA Spacewatch camera
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Rubin asteroid discoveries are amazing, but note that very few are Near Earth Objects. The observing cadence isn't optimal for such objects so there is still a big niche for ground based dedicated discovery, like Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch.
June 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Rubin asteroid discoveries are amazing, but note that very few are Near Earth Objects. The observing cadence isn't optimal for such objects so there is still a big niche for ground based dedicated discovery, like Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch.
In minutes! At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. Asteroid first detected with Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch 🔭. Impact prediction made by Scout at NASA JPL CNEOS.
December 3, 2024 at 4:13 PM
In minutes! At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. Asteroid first detected with Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch 🔭. Impact prediction made by Scout at NASA JPL CNEOS.
Congratulations to CSS observer Hannes Groeller. Hannes recently discovered comet C/2025 D1 (Groeller) from the Bok telescope, which we operate under a partnership with Spacewatch. C/2025 D1 has the largest perihelion distance of any comet found to date. Interactive orbit in comments. 🔭
February 25, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Congratulations to CSS observer Hannes Groeller. Hannes recently discovered comet C/2025 D1 (Groeller) from the Bok telescope, which we operate under a partnership with Spacewatch. C/2025 D1 has the largest perihelion distance of any comet found to date. Interactive orbit in comments. 🔭
The Spacewatch Murders was a TV movie– a whodunit in outer space. It's believed lost. Last broadcast in 1978. Legendary modelmaker Greg Jein is pictured working on the main craft.
November 16, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The Spacewatch Murders was a TV movie– a whodunit in outer space. It's believed lost. Last broadcast in 1978. Legendary modelmaker Greg Jein is pictured working on the main craft.
This comet was found through a joint collaboration of Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey.
The comet with the farthest known perihelion distance is now officially announced as C/2025 D1 (Groeller). 🧪🔭 #CometWatch minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K25/K25...
February 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This comet was found through a joint collaboration of Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey.
Oh, hey-- congrats to @scalzi.com and h/t to @michael-w-busch.bsky.social. Welcome to the main asteroid belt.
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Oh, hey-- congrats to @scalzi.com and h/t to @michael-w-busch.bsky.social. Welcome to the main asteroid belt.
NASA's Asteroid Watch is saying "At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. The asteroid was first observed by the Catalina Sky Survey & Spacewatch. (link to birdsite x.com/AsteroidWatc...) 🔭
December 3, 2024 at 1:43 PM
NASA's Asteroid Watch is saying "At 11:14am EST, a very small (<1m) #asteroid will impact Earth's atmosphere and create a harmless fireball over eastern Russia's Olyokminsky District. The asteroid was first observed by the Catalina Sky Survey & Spacewatch. (link to birdsite x.com/AsteroidWatc...) 🔭
Hey that's the Lunar and Planetary Lab's own SPACEWATCH® program in that first one!
Two 🔭 facilities managed by @AURADC were featured on @Jeopardy tonight in the “observatories” category!
June 12, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Hey that's the Lunar and Planetary Lab's own SPACEWATCH® program in that first one!
So LPL, CSS, and Spacewatch plan to support the planetary defense effort for some time to come, with our partner Steward Observatory’s telescopes.
February 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So LPL, CSS, and Spacewatch plan to support the planetary defense effort for some time to come, with our partner Steward Observatory’s telescopes.
Tucson astronomers are getting credit for finding and tracking an asteroid that fell over Russia Tuesday. The Catalina Sky Survey worked alongside the Spacewatch team at @uarizona to follow the object into the Earth's atmosphere.
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Arizona asteroid hunters detected space rock that fell over Russia
The team used a University of Arizona telescope to track the object to its fiery fate.
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December 5, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Tucson astronomers are getting credit for finding and tracking an asteroid that fell over Russia Tuesday. The Catalina Sky Survey worked alongside the Spacewatch team at @uarizona to follow the object into the Earth's atmosphere.
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You aren’t allowed to bribe people for it, you are allowed to remember you know people who work in the same department as the Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch
January 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
You aren’t allowed to bribe people for it, you are allowed to remember you know people who work in the same department as the Catalina Sky Survey and Spacewatch
It's always dropped in in the least apt context. "Scalzi has a minor planet named after him. 52692 Johnscalzi was first discovered on March 21, 1998 by Spacewatch at the Kitt Peak observatory. He smells nice and is always wearing clean underwear."
March 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It's always dropped in in the least apt context. "Scalzi has a minor planet named after him. 52692 Johnscalzi was first discovered on March 21, 1998 by Spacewatch at the Kitt Peak observatory. He smells nice and is always wearing clean underwear."
#bskycometography no. 59
269P/P/1996 A1 (Jedicke)
1996 Jan 14: Disc by by R. Jedicke, Spacewatch survey (USA) as a 17 mag object. In 2013 prediscovery images of 1993 were found. The comet was past perihelion (1995 Aug 15 at 4.06 au). Last seen on 1998 Jun 23. Recovery 2012.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
269P/P/1996 A1 (Jedicke)
1996 Jan 14: Disc by by R. Jedicke, Spacewatch survey (USA) as a 17 mag object. In 2013 prediscovery images of 1993 were found. The comet was past perihelion (1995 Aug 15 at 4.06 au). Last seen on 1998 Jun 23. Recovery 2012.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#bskycometography no. 59
269P/P/1996 A1 (Jedicke)
1996 Jan 14: Disc by by R. Jedicke, Spacewatch survey (USA) as a 17 mag object. In 2013 prediscovery images of 1993 were found. The comet was past perihelion (1995 Aug 15 at 4.06 au). Last seen on 1998 Jun 23. Recovery 2012.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
269P/P/1996 A1 (Jedicke)
1996 Jan 14: Disc by by R. Jedicke, Spacewatch survey (USA) as a 17 mag object. In 2013 prediscovery images of 1993 were found. The comet was past perihelion (1995 Aug 15 at 4.06 au). Last seen on 1998 Jun 23. Recovery 2012.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
🚀🌌 Just spotted a mysterious "craft" nearly 100 meters long right next to the International Space Station! 🤯 Is it a UFO? What could it be? The skies are buzzing with curiosity! #UFO #SpaceWatch #ISS 🌠👽
A "craft" nearly 100 meters long spotted right next to the International Space Station
The image was posted in late July 2026 by Scott C. Waring, who runs the American website UFO Sightings Daily and specializes in spotting anomalies in NASA's public visual archives. He says it was pulled from EOL, the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, which catalogs pictures taken by ISS cre
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September 26, 2026 at 7:48 AM
🚀🌌 Just spotted a mysterious "craft" nearly 100 meters long right next to the International Space Station! 🤯 Is it a UFO? What could it be? The skies are buzzing with curiosity! #UFO #SpaceWatch #ISS 🌠👽
Next asteroid close approach: 2026 SC comes within 1.7 lunar distances on 2026-Sep-25.
That's 655,062 km—close for cosmic scales, yet safe. Rolling by at 7.8 km/s, it's a spectacular reminder of our dynamic sky.
Track it live: orbitalradar.com/asteroid/2… #asteroid #spacewatch…
That's 655,062 km—close for cosmic scales, yet safe. Rolling by at 7.8 km/s, it's a spectacular reminder of our dynamic sky.
Track it live: orbitalradar.com/asteroid/2… #asteroid #spacewatch…
2026 SC — Live Position, Orbit & Close Approaches | Orbital Radar
Track the near-Earth asteroid 2026 SC (2026 SC) live: current distance from Earth, heliocentric orbit, size and next close approach.
orbitalradar.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Next asteroid close approach: 2026 SC comes within 1.7 lunar distances on 2026-Sep-25.
That's 655,062 km—close for cosmic scales, yet safe. Rolling by at 7.8 km/s, it's a spectacular reminder of our dynamic sky.
Track it live: orbitalradar.com/asteroid/2… #asteroid #spacewatch…
That's 655,062 km—close for cosmic scales, yet safe. Rolling by at 7.8 km/s, it's a spectacular reminder of our dynamic sky.
Track it live: orbitalradar.com/asteroid/2… #asteroid #spacewatch…
Ja.
"Das Objekt kam aus Richtung der Sonne und konnte daher von keinem der Himmelsüberwachungsprogramme (wie z. B. NEAT, LINEAR, LONEOS, CSS, CINEOS, Spacewatch) entdeckt werden."
Siehe auch:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_...
"Das Objekt kam aus Richtung der Sonne und konnte daher von keinem der Himmelsüberwachungsprogramme (wie z. B. NEAT, LINEAR, LONEOS, CSS, CINEOS, Spacewatch) entdeckt werden."
Siehe auch:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_...
Meteor von Tscheljabinsk – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org
August 29, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Ja.
"Das Objekt kam aus Richtung der Sonne und konnte daher von keinem der Himmelsüberwachungsprogramme (wie z. B. NEAT, LINEAR, LONEOS, CSS, CINEOS, Spacewatch) entdeckt werden."
Siehe auch:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_...
"Das Objekt kam aus Richtung der Sonne und konnte daher von keinem der Himmelsüberwachungsprogramme (wie z. B. NEAT, LINEAR, LONEOS, CSS, CINEOS, Spacewatch) entdeckt werden."
Siehe auch:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_...
#bskycometography no. 28
202P/2001 X2 (Scotti)
2001 Dec 14: Disc by J. Scotti (USA) as a 18.5 mag object in the course of the Spacewatch survey. The comet did not become much brighter. Perihelion on October 14, at 2.5 au, P=7.34 years. In 2008, a pre-discovery observation of 1929 was found.
☄️🔭
202P/2001 X2 (Scotti)
2001 Dec 14: Disc by J. Scotti (USA) as a 18.5 mag object in the course of the Spacewatch survey. The comet did not become much brighter. Perihelion on October 14, at 2.5 au, P=7.34 years. In 2008, a pre-discovery observation of 1929 was found.
☄️🔭
December 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
#bskycometography no. 28
202P/2001 X2 (Scotti)
2001 Dec 14: Disc by J. Scotti (USA) as a 18.5 mag object in the course of the Spacewatch survey. The comet did not become much brighter. Perihelion on October 14, at 2.5 au, P=7.34 years. In 2008, a pre-discovery observation of 1929 was found.
☄️🔭
202P/2001 X2 (Scotti)
2001 Dec 14: Disc by J. Scotti (USA) as a 18.5 mag object in the course of the Spacewatch survey. The comet did not become much brighter. Perihelion on October 14, at 2.5 au, P=7.34 years. In 2008, a pre-discovery observation of 1929 was found.
☄️🔭
🛰️ Ever wanted to see live views from the ISS? Rod Pyle & @tariqjmalik.bsky.social welcome Liam Kennedy, creator of ISS Above, for a stunning episode of This Week in Space 154! 🌍 #ISS #SpaceWatch
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The View From On High | TWiT.TV
If you've ever wondered what the view from the International Space Station might look like in real-time, this is your episode. Or if you just want to know more about who's up
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March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🛰️ Ever wanted to see live views from the ISS? Rod Pyle & @tariqjmalik.bsky.social welcome Liam Kennedy, creator of ISS Above, for a stunning episode of This Week in Space 154! 🌍 #ISS #SpaceWatch
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#bskycometography no. 107
174P/2000 EC98 (Echeclus)
2000 Mar 3: Disc by J. V. Scotti, Spacewatch (USA) as a 20.5 stellar object in a Centaur-like orbit. Numbered/named (60558) Echeclus. Found to be cometary in 2005. Prediscovery images back until 1979. P=35 years, q=5.9 au.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
174P/2000 EC98 (Echeclus)
2000 Mar 3: Disc by J. V. Scotti, Spacewatch (USA) as a 20.5 stellar object in a Centaur-like orbit. Numbered/named (60558) Echeclus. Found to be cometary in 2005. Prediscovery images back until 1979. P=35 years, q=5.9 au.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
March 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#bskycometography no. 107
174P/2000 EC98 (Echeclus)
2000 Mar 3: Disc by J. V. Scotti, Spacewatch (USA) as a 20.5 stellar object in a Centaur-like orbit. Numbered/named (60558) Echeclus. Found to be cometary in 2005. Prediscovery images back until 1979. P=35 years, q=5.9 au.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch
174P/2000 EC98 (Echeclus)
2000 Mar 3: Disc by J. V. Scotti, Spacewatch (USA) as a 20.5 stellar object in a Centaur-like orbit. Numbered/named (60558) Echeclus. Found to be cometary in 2005. Prediscovery images back until 1979. P=35 years, q=5.9 au.
☄️🔭 #CometWatch