Posted on Feb 1, 2023
The once-in-a-lifetime green comet threatens FOMO sufferers everywhere tonight
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The once-in-a-lifetime green comet threatens FOMO sufferers everywhere tonight
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Who is she? A potentially unprecedented celestial happening. So trade in your typical evening blue light for some green light instead. It’s a connection to history and the galaxy that won’t try to sell you something.
C/2022 E3 is a comet marked by its bright green nucleus and long faint ion tail.
It was discovered in March 2022, and has been visible by telescope. But tonight, the comet is poised to be most visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere as it passes by.
This could be the first time ever (or at the very least in thousands of years) that the comet will cross paths with Earth. And you get to watch!
Here’s my first effort at capturing the “Green Comet”, Comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF). This was a particular challenge due to humid conditions and clouds, but I’m thrilled I was able to capture it at all! pic.twitter.com/t2VGEnfKX8
What’s the big deal? We know very little about C/2022 E3, but it appears that its long orbit takes it from the outer expanses of the solar system and then in towards the sun, according to The Planetary Society.
It was discovered at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in California by astronomers Bryce Bolin and Frank Masci.
Tonight, we get to see it from a mere 26.4 million miles away. That’s the closest it will come to Earth on its trip.
This comet hasn’t been this close since the Paleolithic era. You’ll be seeing the same colors in the sky as some long-gone but never-forgotten little freaks like this dude.
What are people saying?
“If C/2022 E3 has ever passed through the solar system before, it would have last been seen in the sky more than 10,000 years ago.”
— Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR
“You can find the comet by looking south of the Big Dipper, near the constellation Camelopardalis. If you can find the North Star, you can then trace directly south of that to that.”...
..."Who is she? A potentially unprecedented celestial happening. So trade in your typical evening blue light for some green light instead. It’s a connection to history and the galaxy that won’t try to sell you something.
C/2022 E3 is a comet marked by its bright green nucleus and long faint ion tail.
It was discovered in March 2022, and has been visible by telescope. But tonight, the comet is poised to be most visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere as it passes by.
This could be the first time ever (or at the very least in thousands of years) that the comet will cross paths with Earth. And you get to watch!
Here’s my first effort at capturing the “Green Comet”, Comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF). This was a particular challenge due to humid conditions and clouds, but I’m thrilled I was able to capture it at all! pic.twitter.com/t2VGEnfKX8
What’s the big deal? We know very little about C/2022 E3, but it appears that its long orbit takes it from the outer expanses of the solar system and then in towards the sun, according to The Planetary Society.
It was discovered at the Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in California by astronomers Bryce Bolin and Frank Masci.
Tonight, we get to see it from a mere 26.4 million miles away. That’s the closest it will come to Earth on its trip.
This comet hasn’t been this close since the Paleolithic era. You’ll be seeing the same colors in the sky as some long-gone but never-forgotten little freaks like this dude.
What are people saying?
“If C/2022 E3 has ever passed through the solar system before, it would have last been seen in the sky more than 10,000 years ago.”
— Jon Giorgini, a senior analyst at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told NPR
“You can find the comet by looking south of the Big Dipper, near the constellation Camelopardalis. If you can find the North Star, you can then trace directly south of that to that.”...
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