So what happens to planets or other rocky bodies when a star like our Sun, at the end of its life goes through its Red Giant phase, thowing off its outer layers forming a planetary nebula that eventually disperses after 10,000 to 20,000 years? Well this study shows that 21 white dwarfs have a single ring of debris around them but WD J1328-1450 actually has TWO rings around it! In the video I discuss this and review the article!
Head over to Eadsy Astonomy for a link to the article!
The Vera C Rubin Observatory has found ED138 a Trans Neptunian Object that is out beyond the orbit of Pluto at 46 Astronomical Units (Pluto is at 40 AU; and 1 AU is the distance from the Earth to the Sun) and is between 600 to 1500 kilometers in size which object and size woudl make it round and classify it officially as a dwarf planet.
In this video I go through the article announcing this and yes, I quote from it. Exciting stuff!
For the link to the article and for the video of ED138's orbit, head on over to Eadsy Astonomy LINK.
Well, 3I/Atlas as a comet may not be so different or weird after all! A new study just published ocmpared the micron grains of dust off 3I/Atlas to comets in our Solar System an to objects that are Trans-Neptunian, objects out beyond Neptune and found that with those Trans-Neptunian objects that 3I/Atlas has several traits that are similar to those objects!
For a link to the press release and paper head on over to Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK.
Gemini North telescope was used by a team of astronomers led by Timothy Cunningham (Center for Astrophysics — Harvard & Smithsonian) and Ilaria Caiazzo (Institute of Science and Technology Austria), reveals about ten times more filamentary structure in Pa 30 than previously seen. It also shows that the radial filaments are made of consistent chains of tiny knots of gas, rather than smooth streaks as previously thought. This knotty structure suggests that there may have been thermal or density variations in the circumstellar medium that shaped the supernova ejecta as it expanded radially away from the explosion.
For a link to the paper head on over to Eadsy Astronomy at this LINK.
On Monday, October 26th, I headed out to the West Desert. No telescope, no equipment, just me, a set of binoculars and my cmaera and phone. I just needed to get out to the spend some time in nature, reconnecting and renewing.
I also had the desire to head out and see how the West Desert was after rain on the 21st and 22nd. The West Desert had about .5 inches of rain and I wanted to know if that was still okay to drive out to and if I had wanted to observe to do so.
I found out that as usual after rain and a few days of drying out, there were some spots on the sides of the dirt/gravel road that had water and a few low spots that I could navigate around. However the observing sites were dry, espcially the corral.
So I uploaded my videos of the drive out on my EadsyAstronomy YouTube channel. I thought I would share them in one location for those interested over at Eadsy Astronomy.
If you want to see the videos and the images, head on over to Eadsy Astronomy LINK.
I can't believe October has come and will gone on Saturday! Happy Halloween to everyone! Don't forget on Sunday to set your clocks back one hour and enjoy the extra hour of sleep! It also means it gets darker earlier here so observing or imaging can go from around 6:30 pm to whenever you want to stop! I LOVE this time of year! Yep, its cold, but if you dress warm it is the most wonderful time of the year for imaging and observing!
Here is the Newsletter for November 1st to November 14th, 2026. It focuses on the Dark Sky Window. I review the Moon phases and some lunar objects/features to look for. I also cover the planetary bodies up.
The evening is dominated by Saturn right now! Neptune is close by and is in easy reach with a good set of powerful binoculars or a small telescope even.
In the morning the King of the Planets dominates! Between November 6th to the 9th Regulus in Leo, Jupiter and Mars make a nice diagonal alignment! Yes, Mars is right above Jupiter now!
I then review our one comet that is up in Pegasus and Andromeda right now. Then give you two eye candy double stars and a challenge double star each night.
I concluce with late fall and winter objects! Just know on the winter objects you may need to be a night owl but if you give it a few months, they will come up earlier and earlier in the evening!
Here is the LINK to Eadsy Astronomy if you wish to read or get your own Google Doc or PDF of this newsletter!
