Posted on 09/25/2024 12:20:30 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now visible in the early morning sky. Diving into the inner Solar System at an odd angle, this large dirty iceberg will pass its closest to the Sun -- between the orbits of Mercury and Venus -- in just two days. Long camera exposures are now capturing C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), sometimes abbreviated as just A3, and its dust tail before and during sunrise. The featured image composite was taken four days ago and captured the comet as it rose above Lake George, NSW, Australia. Vertical bands further left are images of the comet as the rising Sun made the predawn sky increasingly bright and colorful. Just how bright the comet will become over the next month is currently unknown as it involves how much gas and dust the comet's nucleus will expel. Optimistic skywatchers are hoping for a great show where Tsuchinshan–ATLAS creates dust and ion tails visible across Earth's sky and becomes known as the Great Comet of 2024.
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bttt
‘stronomy rocks!
I love pastronomi!................
I know. My dog jumped up on my computer with sand all over his paws and now I have "sticky keys". I need a new computer or need to learn to proof everything, twice.
more of a stronomboly man, myself.
chatgpt can help.
LEAVE THE PASTA. TAKE THE CANOODLEY.............
I hope we aren’t overcast when I have a shot at seeing this.
https://freerepublic.com/tag/tsuchinshanatlas/index
chatgpt??? I do my best to not use things that spy on me for my detriment. No Alexa, No smart home appliances (except that I cut out the microphones and internet connectivity.) Cell phones and cars are harder. Most of the time my cell phone sits on a clock radio with the radio turned up soaking up all of that data to be processed. I have two older cars without all of the monitoring and that is what I normally drive, without my cell phone. So “chatgpt can help”, NOPE, I don’t need that kind of help.
I understand. It’s a handy proofreading tool. Writes code for me, too. I’m at the point where I just don’t gaf anymore.
I worked for over 35 years as a government contractor for many DoD and various agency projects. I have seen what they do, though I cannot disclose details. I chose not to play along.
Look at what China, with the help of Google, has done for the surveillance and “social credit score” to threaten society into communist conformance. The same is being started here in the USA and I refuse to be a part of it.
I get it.
I only know what I was tasked to work on so I don't totally get it. But I can extrapolate.
Look at the "social credit system" in China to see what the plan for the USA and western civilization could be. You can disagree with the communists and your bank account is zero and you don't have any property, just like that. And why is Google favored so much by leftist politicians?
Remember, "October is inventory time..."
A3 is the pound sign:
£***Etymology
From the first letter of Latin lībra (“pound”). The symbol is derived from the mediaeval tradition of placing a stroke over a letter or letters of a word (in this case L) to indicate an abbreviation; when letters have ascenders like L, the stroke frequently passes through that ascender. £ is thus cognate with the pound sign #, which was similarly derived from lb with a stroke through the ascenders.
I never know what prizes I'll win for playing. Today's observation is the meaning of "Tsuchinshan":
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The Purple Mountain Observatory (Chinese: 紫金山天文台; pinyin: Zǐjīnshān Tiānwéntái), also known as Zijinshan Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the Purple Mountain in the east of Nanjing.[a]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Mountain_Observatory
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Purple Mountain or Zijin Shan (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: Zǐjīn Shān; lit. 'Purple-Gold Mountain') is located on the eastern side of Nanjing in Jiangsu province, China. It is 448.2 metres (1,470 ft)[1] high. Its peaks are often found enveloped in purple and golden clouds at dawn and dusk, hence its name.
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Purple and gold? Inspiring!
Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem...
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful#History
ATLAS
I just love exploring maps. Here's the word "map" in Hebrew: מפה
I can't wait until everyone loves the word "מפה" as much as I do. "מפה" is the very Temple-building word, from here, from "'85" [מ פ"ה]. (Ezekiel 40)
"The etymology of the name Atlas is uncertain." (Wiki)
Seems to me that if Astronomy can lose its A at the head, then Atlas could have easily lost a t from his tail. (A world of hurt.)
Long camera exposures are now capturing... A3, and its dust tail before and during sunrise.
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That photo shows alien spacecraft bombarding an Australian outpost.
Same here! I’ll have my scope out waiting for it!
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