Astronomy Picture of the Day - Interstellar Comet 2I Borisov

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 5 Mar, 2022 | NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) et al.

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: From somewhere else in the Milky Way galaxy, Comet 2I/Borisov was just visiting the Solar System. Discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019, the first known interstellar comet is seen in these two Hubble Space Telescope images from November and December 2019. On the left, a distant background galaxy near the line-of-sight to Borisov is blurred as Hubble tracked the speeding comet and dust tail about 327 million kilometers from Earth. At right, 2I/Borisov appears shortly after perihelion, its closest approach to Sun. European Southern Observatory observations indicate that this comet may never have passed close to any star before its 2019 perihelion passage. Borisov's closest approach to our fair planet, a distance of about 290 million kilometers, came on December 28, 2019. Even though Hubble's sharp images don't resolve the comet's nucleus, they did lead to estimates of less than 1 kilometer for its diameter.

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

Pinging the APOD list.

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[AFB-XYZ]

Not to come across like a religious fanatic or anything, but these magnificent images always bring the Psalm to my mind (the one about “the heavens declare the glory of His handiwork”).

[telescope115]

“the heavens declare the glory of His handiwork”

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They truly do!

[telescope115]

It’s not fanaticism to appreciate God’s handiwork. It’s the right thing to do!
How can anyone NOT look at the Heavens and think “This is what God did”?
It’s truly beautiful !🙂🙏🔭

[faucetman]

Interstellar, A GREAT movie. Space travel, black/worm holes, other worlds, space/time possibilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm8p5rlrSkY trailer 2:32.

Cast:
Matthew McConaughey
Anne Hathaway
Jessica Chastain
Casey Affleck
Ellen Burstyn
Bill Irwin
John Lithgow
Michael Caine
Timothee Chalamet
Mackenzie Foy
Matt Damon

[DannyTN]

[Tucker39]

Inter-stellar, or Intra-stellar? Asking for a stickler.

[DannyTN]

Interstellar according to NASA.

"Explanation: From somewhere else in the Milky Way galaxy, Comet 2I/Borisov was just visiting the Solar System. Discovered by amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019, the first known interstellar comet is seen in these two Hubble Space Telescope images from November and December 2019. "

Desticklered.

[chuckles]

Grammar NAZI’s are everywhere, right beside the Spelling Gestapo.

[Tucker39]

Thank you sincerely.

[higgmeister]

For me, when I stood on the Jefferson Rock at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the same rock that Jefferson stood on - naturally balancing then, that was when I able to see the handiwork of God's Creation.   Funny, but possibly it should have been The Grand Canyon, but there I was not touched by His Majesty like I was at Harpers Ferry.

[AFB-XYZ]

Sounds like an awe-inspiring experience!