Earthquake scale: How they are measured and what the magnitude and intensity scales mean

Comet 24P/Schaumasse still going strong!Captured on the morning of Jan 31st from my remote telescope in Texas. This is a time lapse showing motion over 2.5 hours. 24P is a periodic comet discovered in 1911, that orbits the Sun every 8 years. It’s currently 58 million miles from the Earth and is moving away from us at 1.5 miles/second. Its brightness is magnitude 9.8 and has started to dim as its distance increases. It’s located in the constellation Bootes, and can be seen in the early morning ho