New Englanders, Look Up! Rare Comet Passes Earth This Weekend and Won’t Return for 80,000 Years
New England is Getting a Celestial Light Show
Wow, New England was treated to seeing the Northern Lights with our own eyes in our own New England sky, without going to Norway or Iceland recently.
What a treat it was!
A solar storm created an outburst of color from the sun.
The sky was filled with bright pink, green, purple and red from the aurora borealis. Fantastic shots came in from all over New England.
The fun isn't over either. This weekend, New England residents will be able to see a comet in our sky.
There will be an ancient comet that will pass by Earth tomorrow, Saturday, October 12, 2024. You better look up because it won't be back for another 80,000 years, according to blogs.nasa.gov.
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In order to see this comet, look to the Southwest about 10 degrees above the horizon. Then you have to look for the constellations of Sagittarius and Scorpio. The comet should be visible between them.
The comet should stay in our view until Sunday, but it will have moved a bit to somewhere around Venus.
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According to the article from Nasa, the comet will not be visible in the daytime. You will have to wait until nightfall. It's always better to view celestial objects with a telescope, however, you will be able to see this one with the naked eye if you are looking in the right direction.
All this star-gazing makes me want to visit the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, New Hampshire and take in a Planetarium Show.
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