BRIXIIS Observatory activities

the evening still looks good for comet observing, the moon does interfere a bit and the humidity is quite high. Clouds are predicted within a few hours. Comets that could still be observed are: 12P, … Read more

agazin a clear night but cold (minus 4°C). I started in the early evening with observations of comets: 12P, 13P, 29P (small outburst), 30P, 126P (behind star), 150P, 226P, 227P, C/2021 S4, C/2022 E2, C/2023 … Read more

again a clear cold night, several comets could be observed: 29P, 103P, 170P, 194P (not found), 310P (not found), 382P (not found), 404P, C/2021 S4, C/2022 E2, C/2022 U3.

a clear, but cold night (minus 6°C). I started with observations of come comets: 12P, 13P, 29P, 32P, 144P, 226P, C/2017 K2, C/2022 QE78, C/2022 U3. An object A10ZtNK, mentioned on the PCCP, was observed … Read more

Comet 12P/PONS-BROOKS cannot keep hiding behind the clouds and rain showers. on Nov 24, I was ready in the observatory and in between the clouds, a very brief clearing and was able to observe the … Read more

After a cloudy day with rain showers in the evening, there was a brief clearing for about 1 hour and I was able to observe comet 12P between the clouds. After an hour, clouds but … Read more

After a day of rain, the skies cleared and it was a reasonably clear night with very high humidity. The high humidity caused some technical problems at start of observing. Eventually after about 2 hours, … Read more