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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Comet Pons-Brooks at Night
NASA ^
| 4 Apr, 2024
| Image Credit & Copyright: Dan Bartlett`
Posted on 04/04/2024 2:44:56 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: In dark evening skies over June Lake, northern hemisphere, planet Earth, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks stood just above the western horizon on March 30. Its twisted turbulent ion tail and diffuse greenish coma are captured in this two degree wide telescopic field of view along with bright yellowish star Hamal also known as Alpha Arietis. Now Pons-Brooks has moved out of the northern night though, approaching perihelion on April 21. On April 8 you might still spot the comet in daytime skies. But to do it, you will have to stand in the path of totality and look away from the spectacle of an alluring solar corona and totally eclipsed Sun.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; comet; comet12pponsbrooks; comets; nasa; science
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posted on
04/04/2024 2:45:14 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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Pinging the APOD list
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posted on
04/04/2024 2:45:51 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
04/04/2024 2:51:24 PM PDT
by
No name given
(Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
To: MtnClimber
Sounds like they have a danged real estate agent describing these things.. 🙄🙄
Beautiful pic, tho'.. 😁👌
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posted on
04/04/2024 2:59:13 PM PDT
by
CopperTop
(Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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posted on
04/04/2024 3:01:31 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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posted on
04/04/2024 3:38:31 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
To: MtnClimber
Look away, look away, look away, Pons/Brooks. Which way? N, S, E, W, high, low, or where?
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posted on
04/04/2024 3:48:45 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
Due west at sunset...Just north of Jupiter...Jupiter is very bright, can’t miss it.
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posted on
04/04/2024 4:22:02 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: MtnClimber
I am avidly looking for this comet, however the cloud cover had been less than cooperative...
Thanks for ALL of these posts!
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posted on
04/04/2024 4:24:03 PM PDT
by
BBB333
(The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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posted on
04/04/2024 5:00:09 PM PDT
by
AFB-XYZ
(Two options: 1) Stand up, or 2) Bend over)
To: bgill
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posted on
04/04/2024 6:00:20 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Democrats' version of MAGA: Making America the Gulag Archipelago. Now with "Formal Deprogramming")
To: MtnClimber
How do they know it’s night? Is there a Comet Standard Time?............
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posted on
04/05/2024 5:17:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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