{"id":114591,"date":"2024-10-16T00:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114591"},"modified":"2024-10-16T00:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:19:47","slug":"comet-a3-viewing-forecast-clear-skies-over-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114591","title":{"rendered":"Comet A3 viewing forecast: Clear skies over Boston"},"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<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tSkies will begin to clear Monday evening over the Boston area, offering another chance to see a comet in the western sky.The comet is known as C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS and it is making its first documented flyby of our planet, according to NASA.&#8221;You might want to look up to the sky, in particular the western sky,&#8221; said StormTeam 5 meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese. The best time for viewing is about one hour after sunset. It will be visible to the naked eye.&#8221;The next viewing is not for another 80,000 years so this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,&#8221; Cicalese said. Several WCVB viewers have already shared their photos of Comet A3 on recent nights:\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">BOSTON \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weather conditions<\/a> will offer the Boston area additional chances to see a dazzling comet streaking through the evening skies before it flies out of sight forever. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is still going to be visible in our sky for the next several evenings,&#8221; said StormTeam 5 Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon. <\/p>\n<p>The comet is known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/article\/newly-discovered-comet-night-sky\/62559705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS<\/a> and it is making its first documented flyby of our planet, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/Watch_the_Skies\/2024\/10\/02\/ancient-oort-cloud-comet-to-make-first-documented-pass-by-earth-in-mid-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA<\/a>. In fact, it may be the comet&#8217;s only visit near Earth.<\/p>\n<p>While NASA originally reported the comet orbited in 80,000-year cycles, the agency says newly available data has changed that prediction. As of Monday, NASA&#8217;s updated article said the comet&#8217;s path &#8220;may soon take it out of the solar system altogether.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The best time for viewing from Massachusetts is about 30-60 minutes after sunset. It will be visible to the naked eye in the western sky, above and to the right of Venus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we get closer to Thursday, the moon is going to be full so that will add a bit of a glare and the comet itself is going to be getting fainter,&#8221; said Fitzgibbon. <\/p>\n<p>A3 was discovered in 2023 by observers at China\u2019s Tsuchinshan Observatory and an Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System telescope in South Africa. The comet was officially named in honor of both observatories. It&#8217;s closest proximity to the sun was reached on Sept. 27 and came within approximately 44 million miles of Earth on Oct. 12. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Several WCVB viewers have already shared their photos of Comet A3 on recent nights:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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.wcvb.com\/article\/comet-a3-boston-viewing-forecast-may-never-return\/62610761\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skies will begin to clear Monday evening over the Boston area, offering another chance to see a comet in the western sky.The comet is known as C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114591\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}