Jan Martin
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Comet "Neanderthal" C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is visiting us after 50000 years, that's why they call it "Neanderthal", when our prehistoric ancestors may have seen it.
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TheSkyLive Planetarium (link not recommendable on smartphone !)
Tomorrow, "Neanderthal" will have a magnitude >8, and when the moon is weak enough to watch the comet in about 2 weeks, it will be nearly 10; less chance to watch it naked eye.
Last time I had a comet was Neowise in 2020, it appeared with a magnitude of 6.88 on 11th July:
Comet NeoWise · Panorama DWD German Weather Service · 12jul2020 0030CEST (Hamburg)
The turret I used for focusing the comet is the DWD German Weather Service in Hamburg city center; lots of light pollution in the town.
Possible naked-eye comet will visit Earth for 1st time since Neanderthals in 2023
The comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) could be bright enough to be spotted with the naked eye as it passes the sun and Earth at the end of the first month of 2023.
www.space.com
TheSkyLive Planetarium (link not recommendable on smartphone !)
Tomorrow, "Neanderthal" will have a magnitude >8, and when the moon is weak enough to watch the comet in about 2 weeks, it will be nearly 10; less chance to watch it naked eye.
Last time I had a comet was Neowise in 2020, it appeared with a magnitude of 6.88 on 11th July:
Comet NeoWise · Panorama DWD German Weather Service · 12jul2020 0030CEST (Hamburg)
The turret I used for focusing the comet is the DWD German Weather Service in Hamburg city center; lots of light pollution in the town.
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