Comet Tsuchinstan-Atlas

[OmarLittle]

My space nerdiness coming out. Finally got out to see Comet Tsuchinstan-Atlas. Kind of like the Northern Lights, the camera picks it up a lot better than your eyes. It'll be another 80,000 years before I can see it again so I thought I should get out to see it now

[karstopography]

I went out and put the binoculars on it. Pretty nice comet.

[worth1]

I didn't know anything about it.

[ddsack]

@OmarLittle Nice!!!! Really good view of the tail. I think they said you needed a western horizon for it, and we are all tall trees to the west, so didn't try. How long did you watch?

[OmarLittle]

@OmarLittle Nice!!!! Really good view of the tail. I think they said you needed a western horizon for it, and we are all tall trees to the west, so didn't try. How long did you watch?

Start looking around an hour after sunset. It lasts another 90 minutes or so before it dips below the horizon. I was out for maybe 30 minutes. It starts higher in the sky each night so you don't need a completely clear view of the horizon to see it. If you can see Venus you can definitely see the comet

[GoDawgs]

We went outside last night to take a look and immediately saw clouds. It had been a clear day. Heavy sigh. Probably will see it tonight since the front that caused the clouds is through. Beautifully clear day today.

[Seven Bends]

I've been trying to see a comet nearly all my life, as far back as Kahoutek in 1973. I still feel the sting of that childhood disappointment! Every time another one is hyped, I diligently go out there at night and stare hopefully up at the sky, and all I see is the glow of city lights and sometimes clouds. I'm running out of years to see one. This year by coincidence I'm going to be camping up on Skyline Drive next week if the weather holds, so this could be my big chance. I'll aim my phone west and hope for the best.

[worth1]

We have clouds here too.
The last comet I saw was Hale Bopp.
The one those folks committed suicide over called Heavens Gate.
I saw it every night for awhile.

[OmarLittle]

[rdback]

I've been trying to see a comet nearly all my life, as far back as Kahoutek in 1973. I still feel the sting of that childhood disappointment! Every time another one is hyped, I diligently go out there at night and stare hopefully up at the sky, and all I see is the glow of city lights and sometimes clouds. I'm running out of years to see one. This year by coincidence I'm going to be camping up on Skyline Drive next week if the weather holds, so this could be my big chance. I'll aim my phone west and hope for the best.

I was just gonna say, you need to head out toward your namesake, lol.

[Paulf]

It was barely visible here, mostly because of the smokey sky from the western forest fires. Hopefully the next time around it will be higher in the sky and easier to see...well maybe my progeny will see it better.

[ddsack]

Last night I tried, walking as far back from our tree line as possible, but could not see it. The four deer grazing that I had to walk by in the dusk did not run away and probably thought I was nuts to be out there.

[worth1]

Well the sun came out and now it's overcast again.

[worth1]

A comet doesn't go anywhere near the speed of light but I found this interesting just in case y'all want to travel in space.
Unlike Star trek going from stop to warp speed would kill everyone on board.
Imagine the human body going the speed of light and crashing into the side of a mountain.
That's pretty much the same as taking off.
The time thing in the article got my goat.
I knew about it but coming back 60 thousand years later in Earth time.
And that's just to get to the center of our own galaxy and back.

https://www.astronomy.com/science/ask-a ... occupants/