Qicheng Zhang
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I ponder comets, astronomy, and various extrapolations of such things. Currently a postdoc at Lowell Observatory.
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- Here's a snapshot of the solar eclipse last week taken right after third contact
- Jupiter-family comet 220P/McNaught abruptly brightened in a large outburst earli
- The comet has entered the frame as expected. Coma brightness is on the lower end
- Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) will enter the field of SOHO's LASCO C3 coronagraph
- Comet C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS) is now making its way between the Sun and Earth. Alt
- Here's an animation of Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) setting over the Orange
- In one week, Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) will reach perihelion just 0.23 s
- Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) has brightened by yet another ~1 mag since Mar
- Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) has continued to brighten in a series of outbu
- Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) has continued to brighten, but that appears to
- Our research note with some preliminary results from JWST observations of Kreutz
- Here's a look at the incoming Kreutz sungrazer C/2026 A1 (MAPS) with the Lowell