{"id":116732,"date":"2024-10-21T15:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116732"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T08:32:48","slug":"when-and-where-to-see-it-on-monday-with-shooting-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116732","title":{"rendered":"When And Where To See It On Monday With \u2018Shooting Stars\u2019"},"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<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-5\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Comet C\/2023 A3 over Ca\u00e7apava, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>getty<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/05\/25\/saw-the-eclipse-and-aurora-now-comes-a-third-once-in-a-lifetime-event\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/05\/25\/saw-the-eclipse-and-aurora-now-comes-a-third-once-in-a-lifetime-event\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/05\/25\/saw-the-eclipse-and-aurora-now-comes-a-third-once-in-a-lifetime-event\/\" aria-label=\"Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS\" rel=\"noopener\">Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS<\/a> is now past it best, having transited from being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/14\/your-ultimate-guide-to-seeing-the-comet-every-night-this-week---before-it-fades\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/14\/your-ultimate-guide-to-seeing-the-comet-every-night-this-week---before-it-fades\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/14\/your-ultimate-guide-to-seeing-the-comet-every-night-this-week---before-it-fades\/\" aria-label=\"a bright, naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky\" rel=\"noopener\">a bright, naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky<\/a> to a deep-sky object that\u2019s visible into true darkness.<\/p>\n<p>Can you see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (also called C\/2023 A3 and Comet A3) with the naked eye tonight? Probably not. It\u2019s not as bright as it was, so you\u2019ll need binoculars and patience to see it, particularly from urban areas with light-polluted skies. But you may be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/13\/i-just-saw-and-photographed-the-comet---heres-how-you-can-too\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/13\/i-just-saw-and-photographed-the-comet---heres-how-you-can-too\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/13\/i-just-saw-and-photographed-the-comet---heres-how-you-can-too\/\" aria-label=\"photograph it\" rel=\"noopener\">photograph it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround Oct. 20, a window of true darkness begins to open up between twilight and moonrise if you&#8217;re far from the skyglow of city lights,\u201d states <a href=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/press-releases\/bright-comet-evening-view\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/press-releases\/bright-comet-evening-view\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/press-releases\/bright-comet-evening-view\/\" aria-label=\"Sky &amp; Telescope\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/skyandtelescope.org\/press-releases\/bright-comet-evening-view\/\">Sky &amp; Telescope<\/em><\/a>. \u201cBut by then, the comet, now high in the sky, will have started to fade and shrink. It will diminish into the distance in the following days, becoming invisible to the unaided eye later in the month even under ideal, dark-sky conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-base color-body color-body-border link-embed embed-4 link-embed--long-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/14\/your-ultimate-guide-to-seeing-the-comet-every-night-this-week---before-it-fades\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Your Ultimate Guide To Seeing The Comet Every Night This Week \u2014 Before It Fades\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"forbesEmbedly:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/14\/your-ultimate-guide-to-seeing-the-comet-every-night-this-week---before-it-fades\/\"><span class=\"link-embed__info\"><span class=\"link-embed__provider\">Forbes<\/span><span class=\"link-embed__title\">Your Ultimate Guide To Seeing The Comet Every Night This Week \u2014 Before It Fades<\/span><small class=\"link-embed__byline\">By <span class=\"link-embed__author\">Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail-wrapper\"><span class=\"link-embed__thumbnail allow-inline-style\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/670d2f2bf4f85698c49c3643\/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=1749&amp;cropY1=671&amp;cropY2=1655);\"\/><\/span><\/a><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Monday, Oct. 21, you should find a dark location using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightpollutionmap.info\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lightpollutionmap.info\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.lightpollutionmap.info\/\" aria-label=\"light pollution map\">light pollution map<\/a> or visit a <a href=\"https:\/\/darksky.org\/what-we-do\/international-dark-sky-places\/all-places\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/darksky.org\/what-we-do\/international-dark-sky-places\/all-places\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/darksky.org\/what-we-do\/international-dark-sky-places\/all-places\/\" aria-label=\"Dark Sky Place\">Dark Sky Place<\/a> \u2014 and for two reasons. As well as the comet being a bright object in a pair of binoculars, the Orionid meteor shower peaks.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to see shooting stars is after midnight \u2014 in the early hours of Tuesday, Oct. 22 \u2014 though anytime after dark is good. That said, the source constellation, Orion, will rise around midnight in the southeast. You may see around 20 shooting stars per hour.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: times and viewing instructions are for observers at mid-latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. Check the exact time of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" aria-label=\"sunset where you are\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\">sunset where you are<\/em><\/a><em> and the comet\u2019s setting times on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/stellarium-web.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/stellarium-web.org\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/stellarium-web.org\/\" aria-label=\"Stellarium Web\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/stellarium-web.org\/\">Stellarium Web<\/em><\/a><em> for times accurate for your exact location. <\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-0\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion class=\"expandable\" current=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">Exactly where to see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also called C\/2023 A3 and Comet A3, after sunset on <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+]<\/span><span class=\"expanded-caption\"> Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Stellarium<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>How To Locate Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS: Monday, Oct. 21<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Position: west, 47 degrees from the sun in Ophiuchus<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Time: 45 minutes after <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\" aria-label=\"sunset where you are\"><em data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/sun\/\">sunset where you are<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Magnitude: +2.2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Comet\u2019s distance from the sun: 68 million miles (109.5 million kilometers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Comet\u2019s distance from Earth: 59.7 million miles (96 million kilometers)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This evening, the comet will be visible high above the western horizon about 45 minutes after sunset, setting just under three hours later. That means it will be in the sky for about 10 minutes longer than on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>That means the comet will be high in the sky and remain so as twilight turns to astronomical darkness. Find bright Venus and the bright star Arcturus; the comet will be high above them as the third point of a vast triangle. Scan with a pair of binoculars until you find it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-1\" role=\"presentation\"><figcaption><fbs-accordion class=\"expandable\" current=\"-1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"color-body light-text\">When and where to see the bright Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS between Oct. 11 through Oct. 21 as it rises <span class=\"plus\" data-ga-track=\"caption expand\">&#8230; [+]<\/span><span class=\"expanded-caption\"> higher into the sky and becomes more visible against darker skies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/fbs-accordion><small>Sky &amp; Telescope illustration (used with permission)<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><strong>Why Does Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Have A Curved Tail?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The tail of a comet is typically slightly curved because of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/learn-about\/weather\/how-weather-works\/coriolis-effect\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/learn-about\/weather\/how-weather-works\/coriolis-effect\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.metoffice.gov.uk\/weather\/learn-about\/weather\/how-weather-works\/coriolis-effect\" aria-label=\"Coriolis effect\">Coriolis effect<\/a>, which affects large-scale weather patterns, but can be seen in everyday events, such as making the water jets coming off a rotating sprinkler look curved. \u201cThe comet is going around the sun, so as it does that, the direction the sunlight pushes on the dust spins around just like the sprinkler nozzle direction,\u201d said astronomer Dr. Qicheng Zhang of <a href=\"https:\/\/lowell.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/lowell.edu\/\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/lowell.edu\/\" aria-label=\"Lowell Observatory\">Lowell Observatory<\/a> in Flagstaff, Arizona, who has been monitoring the comet, in an email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re actually viewing this comet&#8217;s curved tail edge on, so it will look like part of the tail is above the head of the comet, but then the tail wraps down past the head of the comet, making it look like another part of the tail is below the head of the comet, like it has two tails pointing in opposite directions,\u201d said Zhang.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"color-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/\" aria-label=\"Check my feed\" rel=\"noopener\"><em data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/\">Check my feed<\/em><\/a><em> every day this week and next for a daily \u201ccomet tracker\u201d with sky-charts and tips for viewing the comet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.<\/em><\/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.forbes.com\/sites\/jamiecartereurope\/2024\/10\/21\/comet-tracker-for-monday-when-and-where-to-see-it-tonight-with-halleys-comet-shooting-stars\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comet C\/2023 A3 over Ca\u00e7apava, Brazil. getty Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is now past it best, having transited from being a bright, naked-eye object in the post-sunset sky to a deep-sky object &hellip; 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