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The Green Comet

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The Green Comet

Postby balzaccom » Thu Feb 02, 2023 9:56 am

Has anyone else seen the "Green Comet?

" https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-zt ... oach-feb-1

Reurns every 50,000 years, so if you miss it this time, you're SOL. I've managed to spot it with binoculars from my house in downtown Napa, but it was quiet dim. Unimpressive, if it weren't for the idea of the thing. If I had access to darker skies I'm sure it would be better, but with clouds coming in the next couple of days, maybe that's as good as I will get.

This is a time where those dark Sierra skies would really be nice--as would those warmer summer temps! And by the way, astrophotography is one of the grea inflators of expectations. What you see through an astrocamera with a time-lapse exposure ain't what you're gonna see with your naked eye.
Check our our website: http://www.backpackthesierra.com/
Or just read a good mystery novel set in the Sierra; https://www.amazon.com/Danger-Falling-Rocks-Paul-Wagner/dp/0984884963
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Re: The Green Comet

Postby balzaccom » Mon Feb 06, 2023 7:37 am

Was able to spot it again last night, despite the full moon. (i went out early, before the moon got too high in the sky.)

It seemed brighter and easier to see--although that may simplyi have had to do with the sky being a little darker last night. Still worth an effort with binoculars!
Check our our website: http://www.backpackthesierra.com/
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