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According to Space.com, C/2022 E3 (ZTF) only visits the inner solar system roughly once every 50,000 years, making January’s opportunity to spot it with the naked eye an incredibly rare opportunity. The last time C/2022 E3 (ZTF) appeared in the night sky our planet was locked in a global ice age, and our ancient neanderthal ancestors roamed the land. When it next slips from view and makes its exit from the inner solar system, it won’t be seen again until long after we, and potentially our entire race, is gone.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is set to make its closest approach to the Sun on January 12 before making a flyby of Earth on February 1 at a distance of 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km). Far Out
I discovered C/2022 E3 (ZTF) the last time it came through.
An “incredibly rare opportunity” is a poor way to put it. How about a “once in a lifetime opportunity”?
I hope some of my friends here on iOTWR get a good look! Alas, I’m at sea level just a mile or two from the Gulf of Mexico. Night sky viewing here is TERRIBLE.
2021-01-07
HELLO
C/2022 E3 ZTF
Go Look 01-12 01-21 02-01 02-10
1997 SD
2023 HD
A C D V T Z
Transient XMIT
Yeah… I watched Maximum Overdrive… I know what’s going to happen when it passes by. Although if it includes an AC/DC soundtrack with it… that would be cool.
Anybody ever watch “Night of the Comet?
The Green Comet – which superhero is he again?
Wild Bill
JANUARY 8, 2023 AT 10:49 PM
“The Green Comet – which superhero is he again?”
The gay one.
Oops, sorry, that doesn’t help. They ALL are now.
My bad.
“When beggars die there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes”
-Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”, Act 2, Scene 2
manbearpig JANUARY 8, 2023 AT 9:59 PM
“Anybody ever watch “Night of the Comet?”
Most guys would not mind repopulating the earth with a 1980’s Samantha Belmont in a cute cheerleader outfit, if that’s an option this time.
So that’s what happened to the human race – Green Kryptonite…
Please tell me this isn’t named Wormwood in some ancient language (Rev. 8:11).