Devil’s Comet: Giant as Mount Everest to be Visible During Solar Eclipse in April

Devil’s Comet: Giant as Mount Everest to be Visible During Solar Eclipse in April

Jakarta – A comet as giant as Mount Everest is predicted to be visible at the end of March and during the solar eclipse on April 8. Astronomers have also released images of the comet known as the ‘Devil’s Comet’. Launch detikInetthese images show a giant ball of ice hiding a swirl of red, green, … Read more

Comet Ponzi-Brooks: Rare Celestial Event Returns After 71 Years, Best Observation Period Now

Comet Ponzi-Brooks: Rare Celestial Event Returns After 71 Years, Best Observation Period Now

Comet Pons-Brooks (12P/Pons-Brooks), which has returned for the first time in 71 years, has gradually entered its best observation period recently. Its current brightness is about 5th magnitude. As long as the weather is good, you can find it after dark at low altitudes in the northwest where there is no light pollution! Comet Ponzi-Brooks … Read more

Rare Halley-Type Comet Larger Than Everest Could Be Visible to Naked Eye Soon

Rare Halley-Type Comet Larger Than Everest Could Be Visible to Naked Eye Soon

A comet larger than Mount Everest could be visible to the naked eye in the coming weeks, according to astronomers. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, as the body is called, is a Halley-type comet, points out The Guardian server. That means it will appear once or maybe twice in a lifetime. 12P/Pons-Brooks completes its orbit once every 71.3 … Read more

Astronomical Picture of the Day: Comet Pons-Brooks with Andromeda Galaxy Captured by Czech Institute Receives NASA Award

Astronomical Picture of the Day: Comet Pons-Brooks with Andromeda Galaxy Captured by Czech Institute Receives NASA Award

Astronomers from the Institute of Physics in Opava received an important award. On Saturday, NASA published their photo of comet 12P/Pons-Brooks with the Andromeda galaxy as the prestigious Astronomical Picture of the Day. You can watch the so-called devil’s comet over the Czech Republic for about a month with small binoculars or even with your … Read more

Czechs Get Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Observe Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in Night Sky Until Mid-April

Czechs Get Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance to Observe Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in Night Sky Until Mid-April

Czechs can observe comet 12P/Pons-Brooks in the night sky. Seeing them once every 71 years is a unique opportunity. Due to its frequent outbursts, it is possible to see it with the naked eye. The chance will last until mid-April. Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will brighten up the Czech sky until about mid-April. “It can be observed … Read more

Exploding Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Spectacular Celestial Event as it Moves Through Andromeda, Pisces, and Aries

Exploding Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Spectacular Celestial Event as it Moves Through Andromeda, Pisces, and Aries

During this period, the comet moves slowly in our sky through the constellations of Andromeda, Pisces and Aries, experts from the Institute of Physics of the University of Silesia in Opava and the Czech Astronomical Society point out. We already reported last year that comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is approaching us again after seven decades. And that … Read more

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Observing Tips and Spectacular Events in 2024

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks: Observing Tips and Spectacular Events in 2024

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks became visible in the evening sky. The best conditions for viewing it will probably be next month, but it can already be observed over the Czech Republic. You can now observe the comet in the evening and morning sky in the constellation of the Lizard. “In the coming weeks, the comet will gradually … Read more

Exoplanet WASP-69b Losing Atmosphere in Vast Comet-Like Tail, Intriguing Astronomers

Exoplanet WASP-69b Losing Atmosphere in Vast Comet-Like Tail, Intriguing Astronomers

Thursday, January 18 2024 – 08:08 WIB Jakarta – A comet-like planet outside our solar system is losing more of its atmosphere in its vast tail than previously thought, intriguing astronomers and raising new questions about how planets coevolve with their parent stars. Reported LIVE Techno from SpaceThursday, January 18 2024, Exoplanet WASP-69b, a hot, … Read more

2024 Skywatchers’ Guide: Total Solar Eclipse, Meteor Showers, and More Spectacular Astronomical Events

2024 Skywatchers’ Guide: Total Solar Eclipse, Meteor Showers, and More Spectacular Astronomical Events

BorneoFlash.com, JAKARTA – Good news for sky watchers, namely that they will get a surprise in 2024. A series of natural phenomena will decorate the night sky and you can watch them. Highlights that will captivate hundreds of millions of people include a Total Solar Eclipse and a spectacular meteor shower. In countries further from … Read more