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FIRE AND ICE-- #COMET ZTF OVER #MOUNT #ETNA: Astrophotographer Dario Giannobile has been yearning to photograph Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3). "Animated by this desire, I took advantage of the only night with clear skies that occurred in this last ten days of January," says Giannobile. "My destination? Snowy Mt. Etna!"
Mt. Etna in eastern #Sicily is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. Right now its hot vents are surrounded by deep snow--a marvelous yet challenging backdrop for comet photography.
"During the night the temperature dropped to -8°C at an altitude of 2000 meters, an exceptionally cold temperature for Sicily!" says Giannobile. "However, the landscape was breathtaking: an expanse of soft snow disturbed only by some fox and rabbit footprints. In the South East crater, some hot spots appear in the dark. They are fumaroles from which volcanic vapors come out... and in all this, the beauty of the sky with the splendid comet rising from the side of the volcano."
"The view was breathtaking, expressing, in a single image, a feeling of strength and delicacy, fire and ice."
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#COMET REPORT: Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) is approaching Earth for a close encounter (0.28 AU) on Feb. 1st. "The comet is just visible to the naked eye--if you know where to look," reports Alan Dyer of Gleichen, Alberta. He photographed it last night about midway between the Big and Little Dippers:
"The dust tail, anti-tail and long ion tail were visible to the camera, but in binoculars only a short stubby dust tail was obvious," Dyer says. "Otherwise, the comet looked like a large fuzzy glow in binoculars."
Jan Curtis of Oracle, Arizona, also photographed the comet last night. "I saw it under near-perfect skies," he says. "The comet is now moving 9.8 arcmin/hour (the Moon's diameter in just 3 hours). I'd estimate the comet's brightness at +5.3 with the gaseous ion tail extending more than 5 degrees."
The comet's motion across the sky will accelerate as it approaches Earth, making it harder to track even as it becomes easier to see. If current trends continue, the comet's brightness will peak on Feb. 1-2 around magnitude +5, an easy target for backyard astrophotographers. Look for it in the constellation #Draco.
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#COMET ZTF AT #PERIHELION: Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) hasn't been this hot in 50,000 years. On Jan. 12th, the comet made its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) only 1.1 AU away. Solar heat has turned it into an easy target for backyard telescopes:
Amateur astrnomer Michael Jaeger took the picture yesterday from his backyard observatory in Weißenkirchen Wachau, Austria. "The comet's narrow ion tail extends far beyond the edge of the image," he says. "Take a look."
Discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, Comet ZTF has been falling toward the sun for more than 50,000 years. Now is its moment to shine. Proximity to the sun has brightened the comet to magnitude 6.5, almost visible to the unaided eye.
Soon, strike "almost." After perihelion, Comet ZTF heads toward Earth for a close approach on Feb. 1st (0.28 AU). This will brighten the comet even more to a projected peak magnitude of +5, visible to the naked eye, binoculars, and small telescopes. Between now and then, look for Comet ZTF before sunrise in the constellation #Corona #Borealis
SUNSPOT WANTS TO #FLARE: It seems like every spot on the #sun wants to flare. In the past week alone, three different sunspots have produced X-flares, and even more are crackling with M-class flares. With unstable sunspots scattered across the face of the sun, the chance of a geoeffective flare today is greater than 70%. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
#COMET ZTF AT #PERIHELION: #Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) hasn't been this hot in 50,000 years. Today, Jan. 12th, the comet makes its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) only 1.1 AU away. Solar heat has turned it into an easy target for backyard telescopes:
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EVERY SUNSPOT WANTS TO FLARE: It seems like every spot on the sun wants to flare. In the past week alone, three different sunspots have produced X-flares, and even more are crackling with M-class flares. With unstable sunspots scattered across the face of the sun, the chance of a geoeffective flare today is greater than 70%. Solar flare alerts: SMS Text.
COMET ZTF AT PERIHELION: Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) hasn't been this hot in 50,000 years. Today, Jan. 12th, the comet makes its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) only 1.1 AU away. Solar heat has turned it into an easy target for backyard telescopes:
"I took this picture on Jan. 11th," says Dalibor Hanžl of Pavlovice, Czech Republic. "The comet looked great through my 8-inch telescope."
Discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, Comet ZTF has been falling toward the sun for more than 50,000 years. Now is its moment to shine. Proximity to the sun has brightened the comet to magnitude 6.5, almost visible to the unaided eye.
Soon, strike "almost." After perihelion, Comet ZTF heads toward Earth for a close approach on Feb. 1st (0.28 AU). This will brighten the comet even more to a projected peak magnitude of +5, visible to the naked eye, binoculars, and small telescopes. Between now and then, https://spaceweather.com/
Comet that hasn't been seen since the Neanderthals is about to pass Earth again
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What better way to ring in #2023 than with an enchanting New Year's #Comet?" asks WIlliams. "Comet ZTF is approaching Earth, and it looks great through my 14.5 inch telescope."
Discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, Comet ZTF is falling in from the outer solar system. Perihelion (closest approach to the sun) will occur on Jan. 12, 2023, at a distance of 1.11 AU. Closest approach to Earth follows on Feb. 1, 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU. Between those two dates, the comet could hit magnitude 5 or 6, technically visible to the unaided eye.
The comet is currently shining like an 8th magnitude in the constellation Corona Borealis. It's already an easy target for mid-sized backyard telescopes, and it will only get easier as 2023 unfolds.
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#Comet impacts, #pre-Adamic #civilization, lost worlds and the Luciferian #war against #humanity
#Health Ranger Report - December 28th 2022
An #ancient, advanced civilization that existed before the Biblical account of #Adam was wiped out by a comet strike around 12,800 years ago. This Younger Dryas era strike impacted the ice sheet of present-day North America, causing the Great #Flood, a #global deluge of flooding and ocean level rise that buried land masses, islands and coastal cities under hundreds of feet of water.
The impact ejected unimaginable quantities of water vapor and particulate matter into the stratosphere, blocking the sun and causing a planetary die-off of plants, animals and humans, bringing an end to many species and the advanced human civilization that existed at the time.
All this and more is the focus of my 90-minute bombshell #interview with author and researcher Timothy Alberino, who is the subject of today's feature podcast.
This is a can't-miss discussion if you want to understand where humanity really came from ... and where things are going from here.
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#LIGHT CURVE OF #COMET ZTF: Soon, Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3) may be visible to the #naked #eye. Bum-Suk Yeom of Iksan, South Korea, created this light curve showing how the comet's brightness is rapidly increasing:
The comet is brightening because it is approaching #Earth. Closest approach: 0.28 AU on Feb. 1, 2023. By that time, it will glow like a 5th magnitude star, a naked-eye smudge from dark-sky sites.
The comet is already an easy target for backyard telescopes. Yeom's own photo of the comet is inset in the plot, above. He took it using a 3.5-inch refracting telescope. Currently, the comet is glowing like an 8th magnitude star in the constellation Corona Borealis.
#COMET ALERT: If it's not too late, ask for a telescope for Christmas. Comet #ZTF (C/2022 E3) is approaching Earth for a close encounter next month, and it already looks great. Michael Jaeger photographed the two-tailed interplanetary snowball from his backyard observatory in Martinsberg #Austria:
"This comet has become an exciting object," says Jaeger, "Although it will not reach maximum brightness until late January or February, it already shows two tails and a bright green atmosphere."
Discovered in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, Comet ZTF is falling in from the outer solar system. Perihelion (closest approach to the sun) will occur on Jan. 12, 2023, at a distance of 1.11 AU. Closest approach to Earth follows on Feb. 1, 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU. Between those two dates, the comet could hit magnitude 5 or 6, technically visible to the unaided eye.
The two tails Jaeger saw are the dust tail and the ion tail. The ion tail is made of gas and is blown directly away from the sun by the solar wind. The heavier dust tail is curved and more closely traces the comet's orbit.
According to Jaeger, the comet is currently 8th magnitude, which makes it an easy target for mid-sized backyard telescopes. A new Moon over Christmas weekend will provide invitingly dark skies for comet-finding.
