St Mary's Catholic Primary Bridgend

Here you can see the amazing observations made by

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bridgend, Wales.

We welcome our new Year 6 Comet Chasers Observers. They are off to a flying start! Well done

Comet 12P

Comet 364P

It is quite small and not very bright, but can you spot it moving? (ignore the fact the frame changes brightness, that may be due to cloud)

Comet 12P

Can you spot galaxies in the picture too?

Comet 12P (close up)

Comet 12P

Comet c/2022 E3 ZTF

28 January 2023

Comet c/2022 E3 ZTF

30 January 2023

Comet 2022/E3 ZTF

Image of Didymos

for the NASA DART Mission

Even though the asteroid pair Didymos and Dimorphos are now much further from earth we can still just about see them. The trail of material the spacecraft knocked off can still also be seen if you look carefully. It might be hard to see though - even big telescopes in great high up locations suffer from clouds sometimes!

Image of Didymos

for the NASA DART Mission

These observations were take 5 days later, when the asteroid was even further away. Even though the weather was better, the asteroid and trail is still quite tricky to spot!

Comet 29P

This is a lovely colour image of comet 29P taken on 12 January 2023 starting at 23:00. It uses B,V,R, filters to get the colour - each exposure was 60s. The telescope used was a 1m at Teide in the Canary Islands.

Comet 2022/E3 ZTF

This comet is getting close to the Earth and getting quite bright - there's a chance it will be bright enough to see without a telescope in a couple of weeks time.

It uses B,V,R, filters to get the colour - each exposure was 60s. The telescope used was a 1m at Teide in the Canary Islands.

Observations of Didymos and Dimorphos for NASA DART Mission

These observations are before and after the impact on 27th September 2022. Before impact the asteroid looks star-like, after impact it shows spikes and tails made of material ejected after the DART spacecraft impacted the asteroid moon Dimorphos. We're monitoring the length of the tails closely.