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Date: September 04, 2023 at 07:36:29
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Comet Nishimura In The Sky In The Coming Weeks |
URL: https://www.iflscience.com/how-to-spot-comet-nishimura-in-the-sky-in-the-coming-weeks-70534 |
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EXCERPT:
How To Spot Comet Nishimura In The Sky In The Coming Weeks
The gorgeous green comet is in the night sky right now!
Comet Nishimura is slowly but inexorably approaching its perihelion, the closest point to the Sun in its long orbit.
The comet will get there on September 17, before moving back outward in its four-century motion through the heavens. As
it approaches the Sun it is brightening, making it more and more visible.
https://www.iflscience.com/how-to-spot-comet-nishimura-in-the-sky-in-the-coming-weeks-70534
audio visual:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-JJSPLLgM
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Date: September 20, 2023 at 16:47:12
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Comet Nishimura In The Sky In The Coming Weeks (+ Sept. equinox) |
URL: https://theskylive.com/c2023p1-info |
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Currently Comet Nishimura is in constellation Virgo...same constellation the Sun just moved into as equinox approaches
celestial 12th hour right ascension...Earth will be opposite in Pisces at nigh zero hour right ascension.
--EXCERPT:
In the sky, 0h ("zero hours") right ascension is defined as where the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun
(the ecliptic) crosses the celestial equator in Pisces.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/what-are-celestial-coordinates/
--More details on the September equinox here:
https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20230923_07_100
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