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The comet was first photographed by astronomer Lin Chi-Sheng (林啟生) with a 0.41-metre (16 in) telescope at the Lulin Observatory in Nantou, Taiwan on July 11, 2007. . However, it was the 19-year-old Ye Quanzhi (葉泉志) from Sun Yat-sen University in China, who identified the new object from three of the photographs taken by Lin
The Lulin Observatory (Chinese: 鹿林天文台; pinyin: Lùlín Tiānwéntái; lit. 'Deer Forest Astronomical Observatory', obs. code : D35 ) is an astronomical observatory operated by the Institute of Astronomy, National Central University in Taiwan .
c. 300 BC — star catalog of Timocharis of Alexandria; c. 134 BC — Hipparchus makes a detailed star map; c. 150 — Ptolemy completes his Almagest, which contains a catalog of stars, observations of planetary motions, and treatises on geometry and cosmology; c. 705 — Dunhuang Star Chart, a manuscript star chart from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang
A sky chart showing the location of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) throughout January. (NASA) The easiest time to see the comet will be during the second weekend of February as it passes incredibly close ...
145523 Lulin, provisional designation 2006 EM 67, is a background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.9 kilometers (2.4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 7 March 2006, by Taiwanese astronomers Hung-Chin Lin (林宏欽) and Ye Quanzhi (葉泉志) at Lulin Observatory in central Taiwan. [ 1 ]
The Atlas Coeli covers both hemispheres with 16 charts. The coordinate system is referred to equinox 1950.0 and the scale is 1° = 0.75 cm. There are six charts of the equatorial regions on a rectangular graticule, covering declinations from +25° to -25°; four charts for each hemisphere with straight, converging hour circles and concentric, equally-spaced declination circles covering ...
Sunday, 5 February: The green comet will be near the star Capella in the constellation Auriga, however the full Moon may obstruct the view Details on the green comet Wednesday 1 February 2023 22: ...
Periodic comets sometimes bear the same name repeatedly (e.g. the nine Shoemaker–Levy comets or the twenty-four NEAT comets); the IAU system distinguishes between them either through the number prefix or by the full designation (e. g. 181P and 192P/Shoemaker–Levy are both "Comet Shoemaker–Levy"). In the literature, an informal numbering ...