Re: The Green Comet

Has anyone else seen the “Green Comet?

https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-closest-approach-feb-1

Returns 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 great 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.

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And by the way, astrophotography is one of the great 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.

And that's exactly why I didn't get up early to look for it. I've been fooled too many times. But I agree the idea of a green comet is intriguing.

Yeah, well, it wasn't any too green in my binoculars--more like a faint puffball of cotton against the black sky. But as i noted, I live downtown, with a ton of light pollution.

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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!

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Husband went out and looked a few days ago from Yosemite West and using our spotting scope, it appeared as a grey fuzzy ball. The moon was already really bright. I didn't go look because it was too icy for me to be walking around in the dark with my bad knee.