NightSkies 2006

by Leo Enright

2008 / 2007 / 2006 / 2005 / 2004

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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A Planetary Array and a Noted Meteor Shower, December 2006

Leonid Meteor Shower: A Highlight of Observation, November 2006

Pleiades Occultation and Meteor Shower, October 2006

Three Planets for the September Sky, September 2006

Planetary Dances in Dawn Skies, August, 2006

Planets & Meteors and a Lunar Occultation, July, 2006

Mars & Saturn Pass Though a Beehive, June 2006

Jupiter at its Brightest, and a Bright Comet, May 2006

Bright planets and a Meteor Shower, April, 2006

Mars marches and an Eclipse Happens!, March, 2006

The Great Winter Circle & two Brilliant Morning Planets, February, 2006

Brilliant Venus: "Star" of Evening and Morning Sky, January, 2006