Fast-moving near-Earth object visible tonight

Robin Scagell Top stories 18 January 202218 January 20221994 PC1, asteroid, near-earth object

A kilometre-wide asteroid is due to pass less than 2 million km Earth at 21:30 this evening (18 January 2022). The object will be visible using amateur telescopes and will move noticeably through the field of view, offering a rare opportunity to witness such an event.

Catch asteroid Pallas

Robin Scagell Top stories 9 April 201910 May 2019asteroid, Pallas

There may be a dearth of major planets in the night sky at the moment – Mars is now getting lost in the evening twilight over in the west, and Jupiter doesn’t rise until the early hours of the morning – but there’s a minor planet around that is well worth a look. Read more