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C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« on: January 30, 2023, 09:58:35 AM »
Now is your best chance to view C/2022 in the Northern skies. Next time around will be a 50,000 year wait. We're supposed to have crystal clear skies tonight and I have little light pollution here, so am hoping to catch a glimpse of it with either my NODs or binos.

https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-how-to-see-approach-earth
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2023, 10:05:59 AM »
Been cloudy here, but I will have to see what it looks like tonight.  The weather just shifted again last night.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2023, 10:08:36 AM »
Looks like it's going to overcast here as can be for the remainder of the week.

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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2023, 04:23:38 PM »
Cold rain predicted for the next couple of days . . . which means overcast. No comet watching for me.

Weather doesn't seem to accommodate most astronomical observations - for the first time in my life my home is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse (Scheduled for April 08 2024)  . . . any guesses as to whether or not I'll have clear skies?

Maybe they can reschedule it in case of overcast . . .




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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2023, 05:14:27 PM »
I got a new telescope for Christmas and have only had like 3 clear nights to look at anything.  Hopefully when I get home from Florida this weekend the skies will be clear enough to look at the comet.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2023, 05:16:10 PM »
Quote from: HankB on January 30, 2023, 04:23:38 PM

Weather doesn't seem to accommodate most astronomical observations - for the first time in my life my home is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse (Scheduled for April 08 2024)  . . . any guesses as to whether or not I'll have clear skies?


I'm right on the edge for totality
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2023, 06:17:25 PM »
Should be clear here tonight, but it's also going to be negative temps, so I'll probably look up on my way out to the truck before work but not for long.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2023, 10:55:29 AM »
Well, I finally saw it last night, which was apparently the last good viewing night if you don't have high end astronomical gear.

It was nearly on top of Mars. I first noticed it through my NODs. Usually when I look at planets through them, they are just much brighter stars. Last night, Mars looked almost the way far away streetlights look, where it's an overpowering bright light. Through my binos, it just looked like a smudge of light next to Mars. I couldn't make out a tail or anything.

Oh well, while not spectacular, at least I can say that I spotted it.  =)
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2023, 11:44:42 AM »
Guy in a group I’m in took this photo thru an 80mm telescope.  I need to culminate my 144 mm scope so I can see it before it’s gone.

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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2023, 11:20:56 AM »
It may not be back

Green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be heading out of the solar system for good
https://www.space.com/green-comet-c2022-e3-ztf-leave-solar-system
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2023, 11:39:24 AM »
Sixty-five percent here near Denver.



Probably not even very noticable unless you're looking for it.  Not enough to scare the natives into thinking you're a god.

Also not enough for the global warming hysterics to breathe a sigh of relief, or even enough to blame Trump.

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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2023, 12:17:56 PM »
I'll be in the 95% area. Close enough.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2023, 02:03:31 PM »
I am close to 95% also.  I need to set up a calendar reminder.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2023, 02:05:16 PM »
Quote from: 230RN on February 13, 2023, 11:39:24 AM
Sixty-five percent here near Denver.



Probably not even very noticable unless you're looking for it.  Not enough to scare the natives into thinking you're a god.

Also not enough for the global warming hysterics to breathe a sigh of relief, or even enough to blame Trump.

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Is there an HD version of that photo?  I can't read the times.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2023, 02:52:19 PM »
"We get a rock" (with apologies to Charles M. Schultz & Charlie Brown)
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2023, 02:53:50 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 13, 2023, 02:05:16 PM
Is there an HD version of that photo?  I can't read the times.

Here's the URL, with an X in the H part of the "https":

Xttps://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/53c358b6e4b01b8adb4d5870/1481862552864-ZR4K3N3G186Y1M4NJMFC/?format=1000w&content-type=image%2Fpng

Experts may be able to diddle around with the "formatting" part of the URL.

It is a little hard to read the gradation lines. You just have to trace them out.

I had a hard time figuring how far my Son1 was from totality.  Just a half day trip and plenty of hotels, but make two different reservations in two different hotels.

If you can get into a totality area, do so.  Anything less than that decreases or eliminates the most spectacular effects of the moon blocking the sun comepletely.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2023, 07:07:09 AM »
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #17 on: February 14, 2023, 07:20:17 AM »
Looks like I'm going to be in the 90% zone.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #18 on: February 14, 2023, 08:20:04 AM »
We were in the 95% zone for the 2017 eclipse and other than a slight darkening similar to a wispy cloud covering the sun you could barely notice anything.

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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #19 on: February 14, 2023, 08:29:31 AM »
Quote from: WLJ on February 14, 2023, 08:20:04 AM
We were in the 95% zone for the 2017 eclipse and other than a slight darkening similar to a wispy cloud covering the sun you could barely notice anything.

I was in totality for that one. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Well worth the planning to get there, as I outlined here:

https://armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=54736.0

https://armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=55451.0
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2023, 10:13:27 AM »
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2023, 10:23:57 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on February 14, 2023, 10:13:27 AM
Thanks. 

Is there a reference somewhere that says what time of day this eclipse is going to happen?
The purple lines that are roughly perpendicular to the path of totality have local and UTC times in black text to the left/above the path of totality.
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2023, 10:57:39 AM »
Quote from: cordex on February 14, 2023, 07:07:09 AM
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/53c358b6e4b01b8adb4d5870/1481862552864-ZR4K3N3G186Y1M4NJMFC

Anyways, I'll be skipping "driving to totality" on this one. Besides distance, the path is pretty much over parts of the country I know the least about. I wouldn't even know how to begin to look for good viewing spots.  :laugh:
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2023, 05:23:18 PM »
Comet over Stonehenge
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Re: C/2022 E3 (The Green Comet)
« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2023, 05:24:27 PM »
Comet losing its tail.
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