Posted by SpaceSightSeer on February 19, 2009 under Celestial Events | 
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page (JPL)
From July 16 through July 22, 1994, pieces of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. It was the first time a collision between two solar system bodies had ever been observed, and the effects of the comet impacts on Jupiter’s atmosphere were spectacular. Scattered down this page are links to about 1500 images taken by various telescopes and spacecraft of this unique celestial collision.
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on February 5, 2009 under Celestial Events |
The Total Solar Eclipse of 1995
Fred Espenak of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Phyiscs led a group to Dundlod in the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, to observe the total solar eclipse of October 24, 1995. The Japanese Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT) also captured partial eclipses during three of its orbits around the earth. This archive documents this rare event.
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on January 11, 2009 under Celestial Events |
Comet Hyakutake Image Archive
On January 30, 1996, Yuji Hyakutake in Japan discovered a new comet using 25×150 binoculars. The comet was designated Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake). The comet became a bright object visible to the naked eye later that year and made one of the closest approaches to earth in the past 200 years. This page contains an archive of Comet Hyakutake images - the “Great Comet” of 1996. Enjoy them while you can - Comet Hyakutake will not pass this way again for 70 to 100 thousand years!
Posted by SpaceSightSeer on January 7, 2009 under Celestial Events |
MrEclipse.com
The total solar eclipse represents one of the most awesome phenomenon of our solar system. These events are entwined in the great myths and legends of human history. Even today, thousands gather in the path of an eclipse to witness these events. MrEclipse.com has archived images going back to March 7, 1970 to the most recent event on March 29, 2006. The site also contains photos of lunar eclipses, comet and meteor sightings as well.
