Paul Saffo, my colleague at the Institute for the Future, encourages us to look to the skies this week for a glimpse of Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3. (Image by Sheldon Faworski and Sean Walker of MASIL Astro-Imaging Team, created using a 14.5-inch Newtonian telescope.) Paul writes:
(It's) an early morning binocular object this week — and may offer a terrific meteor shower next week. What's interesting about it is that it has been breaking up over the last few years, and this year it is a appearing as a string of fragments. Not naked eye, but good bino viewing.
Link to Sky and Telescope update, Link to This Week's Sky At A Glance, Link to Spaceweather (one of Paul's favorite sites for astro alerts)
