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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Comet Nishimura Grows
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| 9 Sep, 2023
| Credit & Copyright: Peter Kennett
Posted on 09/09/2023 1:01:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Comet Nishimura is growing. More precisely, the tails C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) are growing as it nears the Sun. Discovered only last month, the comet is already near naked eye brightness as it now moves inside the Earth's orbit. The comet will be nearest the Earth next week, but nearest the Sun the week after -- on September 17. Speculation holds that expelled ice and dust from Comet Nishimura's last visit to the inner Solar System may have created the Sigma Hydrids meteor shower which peaks yearly in December. If so, then this meteor shower may become more active, refreshed with new comet debris. Pictured, Comet Nishimura was captured from Edgewood, New Mexico, USA four nights ago, showing a long ion tail structured by interactions with the Sun's wind. Look for this comet near your eastern horizon just before sunrise for the next few mornings, but very near your western horizon just after sunset next week -- as its coma continues to brighten and its tails continue to grow.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; c2023p1; comet; cometnishimura; comets; nasa; science
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posted on
09/09/2023 1:02:15 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list.
🪐 🌟 🌌 🍔
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posted on
09/09/2023 1:02:56 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Grows?? or gets brighter?
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posted on
09/09/2023 1:22:31 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: MtnClimber; dfwgator
"Speculation holds that expelled ice and dust from Comet Nishimura's last visit to the inner Solar System may have created the Sigma Hydrids meteor shower which peaks yearly in December. If so, then this meteor shower may become more active, refreshed with new comet debris."
Ah, all right. Dinner's at seven.
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posted on
09/09/2023 1:40:55 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/09/2023 1:50:51 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/09/2023 2:31:53 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: MtnClimber
As long as they don’t rename it Nibiru . . .
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posted on
09/09/2023 3:33:55 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
To: MtnClimber; All
Comet NEOWISE was so cool to see in 2020.
“At that time, it was an 18th-magnitude object, located 2 AU away from the Sun and 1.7 AU away from Earth.” ~ Wikipedia
Will this one be visible for us at some point?
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posted on
09/09/2023 3:44:52 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: MtnClimber
You guys went after the wrong comet!
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posted on
09/09/2023 3:49:08 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Ditto. Same question.
in 2020 I went to the darkest rural Alabama place I could find and could not see Neowise. Things were real quiet human-wise due to Covid.
I then heard some low growls and big branches and sticks being broken in the dark, impenetrable woods/swamp behind me, and the strong smell of skunk/dead things, so I didn’t stay long. Whatever it was did not want me to see the comet, even if I could.
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posted on
09/09/2023 4:27:16 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:07:24 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: MtnClimber
-PJ
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:22:10 PM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
To: MtnClimber
Amazing what the Sun can do to objects in space. I wonder if the sun has any affect on the weather here on earth....? /s
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posted on
09/09/2023 6:51:14 PM PDT
by
minnesota_bound
(Need more money to buy everything now)
To: Alas Babylon!
I would’ve high-tailed it out of there, too! I rarely venture beyond my house yard in the dark, LOL!
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posted on
09/10/2023 6:22:17 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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