An object is frequently not seen from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any deficit in the organ of vision. I will instruct you how to see them...

—William Herschel

Two things are required to truly see: love and knowledge.

Without love, we don’t look.

Without knowledge, we don’t know what it is we are seeing.

Variable-Star Observing

How To Use The Charts

In addition to our specific programs there are also a number of observing opportunities for short-term and transient events. This page is reserved for such astronomical phenomena as:

The Minor Planet Center

The Minor Planet Center, in association with the International Astronomical Union, is the main data center for minor planet observations and is the place where information about new discoveries is usually sent.

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams