{"id":113318,"date":"2024-10-12T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T06:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113318"},"modified":"2024-10-12T13:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T06:57:45","slug":"comet-last-seen-by-neanderthals-to-brighten-night-skies-dw-10-12-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113318","title":{"rendered":"Comet last seen by Neanderthals to brighten night skies \u2013 DW \u2013 10\/12\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sky-gazers in the Northern Hemisphere can spot <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/asteroids-and-comets-whats-the-difference\/a-69485128\">comet<\/a> C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with their naked eyes on Saturday, astronomers said.<\/p>\n<p>It has been dubbed &#8220;the comet of the century&#8221; because of how bright and visible it could be, according to the United Kingdom&#8217;s Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the comet will come within about 44 million miles (nearly 71 million kilometers) of Earth. It will initially appear low on the western horizon about an hour after sunset.<\/p>\n<h2>A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event<\/h2>\n<p>It was initially discovered in 2023 by the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and an ATLAS telescope in South Africa last year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"placeholder-image master_landscape big\"><img data-format=\"MASTER_LANDSCAPE\" data-id=\"70475892\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static.dw.com\/image\/70475892_${formatId}.jpg\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" alt=\"Two views pictures of comet C\/2023 A3 as seen from San Pedro de Atacama, Chile\" style=\"padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; max-height: 0;\"\/><figcaption class=\"img-caption\">Up till now, you had to be in the Southern Hemisphere to hope to see the comet with the naked eye<small class=\"copyright\">Image: Patrick Ditz\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The comet was visible in the Southern Hemisphere last month and will be in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;ll be this fuzzy circle with a long tail stretching away from it,&#8221; said Sally Brummel, planetarium manager at the Bell Museum in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>RAS Deputy Director Dr. Robert Massey said taking photos of the comet may be possible, particularly using a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera.<\/p>\n<p>With an orbit of 80,000 years, Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS was last <a class=\"internal-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/space\/t-64606735\">visible from our planet<\/a> during the era of the Neanderthals, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>According to the models of The Paris Observatory&#8217;s Institute of Celestial Mechanics, it could be &#8220;ejected from the solar system and lost among the stars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>lo\/dh (dpa, AFP, AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/comet-last-seen-by-neanderthals-to-brighten-night-skies\/a-70475893\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sky-gazers in the Northern Hemisphere can spot comet C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS with their naked eyes on Saturday, astronomers said. 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