Travelers in the Night Eps. 879 & 880: Lurking Asteroid & Carrington Anticipated
Published: May 10, 2026
Duration: 6:05
Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. travelersinthenight.org
From December 2025.
Today's 2 topics:
- The Dark Energy Camera on the National Science Foundation's Blanco 4-meter telescope on Cerro Tololo in Chile is taking near Sun twilight images to search for asteroids, hidden in the glare of our Sun, sneaking up on home planet.
- Just before noon on September 1st of 1859 Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson were making sketches o...