It's j-u-s-t peeking over our horizon here, in the early evening. It gets a bit higher every night.
There's a 460m [1500' approx] escarpment near us so it will take a few more nights before we can see it fully
Heavenly sights
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Re: Heavenly sights
There's a 460m [1500' approx] escarpment near us so it will take a few more nights before we can see it fully
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Re: Heavenly sights
A rather spectacular bright comet, the brightest in 20 years, is flinging itself around our sun in the next day or two...
... but being so close to the sun, it's quite difficult for us to see it!
Some have managed to photograph it while further from the sun, and no-where near as bright.
It will end up brighter than Venus.
... but being so close to the sun, it's quite difficult for us to see it!
Some have managed to photograph it while further from the sun, and no-where near as bright.
It will end up brighter than Venus.
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Re: Heavenly sights
Comet Atlas (C/2024 G3) is indeed impressive!
Us southerners might get a view after it goes around the sun... while it does, the NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory offers up almost-real-time images.
This one is from the LASCO C3 Coronagraph showing the comet and it's huge tail. The sun is deliberately obscured.
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Us southerners might get a view after it goes around the sun... while it does, the NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory offers up almost-real-time images.
This one is from the LASCO C3 Coronagraph showing the comet and it's huge tail. The sun is deliberately obscured.
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Re: Heavenly sights
Here is NASA's GIF... which takes a surprisingly long time to load up and play smoothly, at least on my end.
Sometime in the next day or so the comet will whip around the sun, and then hopefully be visible. If you get the chance to see it, the tail should be spectacular!
... and a still image as the GIF is live so will keep updating and eventually show nothing much
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Sometime in the next day or so the comet will whip around the sun, and then hopefully be visible. If you get the chance to see it, the tail should be spectacular!
... and a still image as the GIF is live so will keep updating and eventually show nothing much
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Re: Heavenly sights
This is one NASA mission that just keeps on giving.
Clearly, whoever built it, did it right.
Launched in 1995, planned to last until 1998... here we are in 2025 and still going strong!
Clearly, whoever built it, did it right.
Launched in 1995, planned to last until 1998... here we are in 2025 and still going strong!
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Re: Heavenly sights
Naturally, with a comet to see in the night sky, we've had days of heavy rain and thunderstorms... 
The astronauts on the ISS took a nice snapshot though!
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The astronauts on the ISS took a nice snapshot though!
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The folks manning the mountaintop telescopes in Chile got a decent view too
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Re: Heavenly sights
Astrophotography is much the same as real estate.
Success depends largely on location, location, location.
Success depends largely on location, location, location.
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Re: Heavenly sights
We visited the observatories on Mauna Kea yesterday. 13,800' and above the clouds. Temp was in the 40s and very windy.
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What a great location, above the clouds and pollution, away from city lights.
That would be a good spot for a telescope
That would be a good spot for a telescope
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Re: Heavenly sights
James Webb at it again...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, on Flickr
NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, on Flickr-
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