NightSkies 2005

by Leo Enright

2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003

Leo Enright of Sharbot Lake is one of the foremost authorities in Canadian amateur astronomy. Leo is an accomplished solar and aurora observer, and has written the Beginner's Observing Guide.  

Leo and his wife, Denise Sabatini, have had a minor planet named after them by the Nomenclature of the Solar System Commission of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The IAU is an organization of professional astronomers. The official name of the minor planet is (9070) Ensab = 1993 OZ (Ensab is a combination of their last names) and it is the only name recognized by astronomers worldwide.

The minor planet was discovered by David Levy, a friend and astronomy acquaintance of Enright/Sabatini, and Carolyn Shoemaker on July 23, 1993 (coincidently, the 5th anniversary of the wedding of Leo and Denise).

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Brilliant Venus leads a December parade of planets, December 2005

Mars remains unusually bright, November 2005

Mars, the feature attraction, October, 2005

Two brilliant planets continue their amazing dance, September, 2005

A Convergence of Planets and a Shower of Meteors, August, 2005

The Summer Milky Way and A Group of Bright Planets, July 2005

A Rare Evening Planetary Array, June, 2005

Several bright planets and a lunar occultation, May, 2005

Three Dazzling Planets & Several Conjunctions, April, 2005

Chance to see Mercury and a Lunar Occultation, March, 2005

Three Bright Planets and the Stellar Ring Around Orion, February, 2005

Five Planets & a Bright Comet, January, 2005