#nishimura comet

[alascene]

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) captured this morning in western WA on my Canon 90D EOS DSLR, 135mm Rokinon lens.

[enbyhyena]

hi i drove to the atlantic ocean in the middle of the night in an attempt to capture photos of the nishimura comet, which only comes by earth once every 400 years! and while i wasn't able to get photos of it because of cloud cover, i was able to still get some pretty nice ocean sunrise photos. :) enjoy!

[ricciaryoyo]

I woke up at the absolute asscrack of dawn (4:30am) this morning cuzz my fridge was acting up. And instead of being a wakking zombie, i was wide awake within seconds.

So like any normal person would, i pulled out my telescope and went stargazing.

I read about this recently discovered comet, Nishimura, that is currently the closest to earth it will be in another 400 years, so i figured, lets do this, whipped out my telescope and every bit of astronomy knowledge i have to locate this thing cuzz its barely visible with the naked eye.

Naturally I couldnt see it, because the one hill in the area that i cant get on top (the highest) was in my way. So i didnt see it.

I did however take the chance to look at some objects that Im usually unable to see during the summer due to then being visible at those ungodly hours.

I finally managed to check 2 of my top 3 celestial objects of my list. Those being pleiades (7 sisters) starcluster and the orion nebula.

7 sisters war to see but the orion nebula was absolutely mindblowing, I was literally giggling an bouncing like a child

Also an amazing surprise was jupiter. It was visible very easily most of the night. I was expecting to see a very bright slightly big starlike object when looking at it through my shitty telescope, but when i pointed that fucker at the planet i was pleasantly surprised to see 4 (four!) Moons as well

Tried to take a picture, cant say i was super succesfull but ay

Then i found Venus as well so

All in all i had a great night (morning?) Thanks to my shitty ass fridge :)

[kawaiiinla]

🫨🫨🫨 space is an unforgiving place...

THE SUN JUST RIPPED OFF NISHIMURA COMET'S TAIL:

Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) is getting close to the sun--and it shows. On Sept. 2nd, a solar storm hit the comet at point blank range and ripped off its tail. Astrophotographer Michael Jaeger recorded the event from AZM Martinsberg, Austria. Researchers call this a "disconnection event." It's caused by a CME (or fast solar wind stream) hitting the comet.

[tayyys]

DID ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT GREEN COMET TONIGHT?!?!!😱😱😱☄️💚💚💚

[hypothetical-kazoos]

Theres a comet visible for the next few days! 9/12-9/17/2023

[without-ado]

Comet Nishimura l Michael Jäger

[spacewonder19]

Comet Nishimura © Petr Horálek

[quiltofstars]

Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) // ulli-fee

[dduane]

Looking forward to this, as naked-eye comets are a rarity.

[wildwithlight]

[meme-xx]

NO WAR

Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) (Sep. 7, 2023)

[cosmonautroger]

Comet Nishimura, 2023

[anothercloudynight]

C/2023 P1 Nishimura

September 9 2023

-Montcada i Reixac-

[fumarinesthings]

2023年8月10日　午前4:30

c/2023P1 西村彗星

肉眼では見えず導入に苦労しました^^;

横浜でもしっかり写ってくれました！

[merelygifted]

Nishimura at dawn | Astronomy Magazine