{"id":117045,"date":"2024-10-22T11:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T04:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117045"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T04:52:47","slug":"halloween-comet-could-be-visible-during-daytime-this-week-heres-the-best-time-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117045","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Halloween comet&#8217; could be visible during daytime this week \u2014 here\u2019s the best time to see it"},"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>Talk about a Halloween treat.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/12\/science\/most-anticipated-comet-of-the-year-to-make-its-closest-approach-to-earth-this-weekend\/\">recently discovered comet<\/a> will be blazing by the Earth in broad daylight just in time for Halloween, astronomers say.<\/p>\n<p>Comet C\/2024 S1, first found at the end of September, will pass around the Earth on Oct. 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/the-sciences\/comet-tsuchinshan-atlas-is-a-halloween-visitor-from-the-mysterious-oort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to planetary astronomer<\/a> James Wray of the Georgia Institute of Technology, who advises to \u201clook low in the eastern sky just before sunrise.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A special so-called \u201cHalloween comet,\u201d Comet C\/2024 S1, is on its way to Earth this week. Seen are stargazers searching for the recent Comet C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThen, after swinging around the sun, the comet may reappear in the western night sky right around Halloween.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A NASA report on what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/tylerroush\/2024\/10\/21\/a-halloween-comet-could-be-visible-during-the-day-this-week-heres-how-to-see-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Forbes billed<\/a> as the \u201cHalloween Comet\u201d \u2014 found by Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii \u2014 stated that the space rock has \u201cgotten a lot of attention\u201d for not breaking up as it closes in on the sun.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The new comet, Comet C\/2024 S1, will potentially be visible during daytime, astronomers say. Above, people are seen viewing Comet C\/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan. <span class=\"credit\">Mike De Sisti \/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt may become bright enough to see during the daytime,\u201d Gordon Johnston of <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/solar-system\/skywatching\/the-next-full-moon-is-a-supermoon-and-the-hunters-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NASA wrote<\/a>. \u201cI expect that at night this comet will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope, as its path will not bring it very close to the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnston added that the latitude areas around Washington, D.C. could see the comet above the horizon as early as Monday, Oct. 21, before morning twilight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t break into pieces too small to see around closest approach, it should also be visible (with binoculars or a telescope) from Nov. 2 to Dec. 19 as the comet speeds away from the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the comet\u2019s closest approach, Johnston \u2014 who sourced a model suggesting 7:12 a.m. to 8:06 a.m will be its brightest times \u2014 estimates it \u201cwill be bright enough to see during the daylight for about an hour or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Another recent comet, Comet C\/2023 A3, is seen overhead. In the next few days, Comet C\/2024 S1 will pass by the Earth. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Africa, Europe, and South America are \u201cbest situated\u201d for viewing, on the East Coast of the U.S. it will be at its brightest on the sun\u2019s lower left side after sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means we will be viewing it through more air, increasing the chance of interference from scattered sunlight and clouds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During daylight, Johnston strongly advises against using a pair of binoculars or a telescope to look near the sun for eye safety purposes. <\/p>\n<p>Comet C\/2024 S1 is believed to be fragments of \u201cthe Great Comet of 1106,\u201d which broke up when passing the sun 918 years ago. Meanwhile, 1106 is potentially made of another outer space object, Aristotle\u2019s Comet of 371 BC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis comet was so bright it cast shadows at night like the full moon,\u201d wrote Johnston.<\/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:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/21\/science\/halloween-comet-could-be-visible-during-daytime-this-week-heres-the-best-time-to-see-it\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about a Halloween treat. A recently discovered comet will be blazing by the Earth in broad daylight just in time for Halloween, astronomers say. 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