🧵 I definitely missed the comet of the century
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:09:11 UTC No. 16432845
Fuck!
Comet Tenshinhan-Atlas is like THE comet of the CENTURY, with a magnitude comparable to Hale-Bopp (for which I am too young to remember), and there was FUCKING CLOUDS EVERYWHERE!
I drove like 1 hour or more THREE EVENINGS IN A ROW, hoping to find a spot with clearings, and I saw NOTHING THE THREE TIMES!
I'm DONE missing ALL celestial events like this!
During the total eclipse of 1998 that took place in the North of France, I lived in the South and my parents didn't want to move to see the total eclipse, I was just able to see a partial eclipse.
For aurora borealis visible from France this year, I found a great sky watching spot and was able to be there THE DAY AFTER they were visible.
Add to this that I live in the Parisian region, which is like one of the areas in Europe with the WORST light pollution, just the city of Paris fucks up the sky for like 100 km around it.
And due to the unpredictable nature of these celestial bodies, we don't know when the next comet like Hale-Bopp or Tenshinhan-Atlas will come. But seeing the time between the two, I bet I'll be almost on my fucking deathbed when it will happen... And that there will be clouds again.
I'M FUCKING DONE MISSING ALL CELESTIAL EVENTS LIKE TVIS, THERE ARE ALWAYS CLOUDS OR OTHER SHIT.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:13:45 UTC No. 16432853
>>16432845
Isn't it visible until the 24th?
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 13:16:19 UTC No. 16432858
>>16432853
My whole country is covered in clouds the whole week, and it is losing magnitude every day.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:09:37 UTC No. 16433012
>>16432845
Same. I just don't even bother anymore.
Even if the sky is clear, I've gotten so good at ignoring the hype it doesn't phase me.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:12:47 UTC No. 16433019
>>16432845
I feel you. I have given up on direct experience in general, more reliable to get everything from the internet.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:22:17 UTC No. 16433032
>>16432845
Same here. Clouds everywhere. Btw how can you tell it's a comet? Plane trails sometimes look like comets and I don't own a telescope.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:03:01 UTC No. 16433096
>>16432845
That's what you get for being un sale parigot.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:10:54 UTC No. 16433105
>>16433096
I didn't chose to move there unfortunately. I have to drive at least 1h45 to get a decent sky.
Anonymous at Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:33:22 UTC No. 16433213
>>16432845
It's been cloudy where i live every sunset i have not seen the comet yet :(
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:49:29 UTC No. 16433798
wait
how tf are you supposed to see this thing if it's right next to the sun?
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:55:14 UTC No. 16433810
>>16433798
just go outside after the sun sets.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 03:06:58 UTC No. 16433826
>>16433810
there is a single cloud on the horizon where it should be T_T
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 03:42:26 UTC No. 16433871
>>16433798
it is currently strictly due West everywhere in the northern hemisphere. it is retarded yes, it is either too close to the sun, or too faint. well you missed when it was close to the sun, but at least you can see it faint but somewhat high in the sky about an hour or so after the sunset in the next few days. use binoculars.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:02:02 UTC No. 16434472
>>16433798
Telescopes these day have sun light protection technology, so just point your telescope towards the sun during the day time and look around its periphery, you should be able to see the comet there during the daytime
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:03:08 UTC No. 16434474
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Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:04:14 UTC No. 16434477
>>16434474
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Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:05:15 UTC No. 16434478
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Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:06:58 UTC No. 16434487
>>16434478
DEZE BIRDS
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:48:03 UTC No. 16434649
>>16432845
>a magnitude comparable to Hale-Bopp
it's definitely cool, but, yeah, no, hale-bopp was on a completely different level
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:37:01 UTC No. 16435143
>>16434649
I was only 5 when Hale-Bopp was visible, I have no memory of it, perhaps because my parents put me to bed when it was visible.
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:38:06 UTC No. 16435146
Can I see it from sweden? right now?
Anonymous at Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:42:31 UTC No. 16435153
>>16435146
Too late in the evening, you're better off seeing it around 18.30-19, shortly after the sun sets
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:04:08 UTC No. 16435576
Just saw it. Well it is pretty faint, I had a pair of binoculars, but I just got lucky, I found it with unarmed eyes first. Also the star map was kind of misleading, I knew it would be NE of Venus but it is hard to gage the distance. I found it way way up and to the right than I expected. You kind of have to relax your eyes to see a faint cloud, the tail, and then you SUDDENLY see it and you won't lose it again and then you can aim at it with your optics. I have big ass binoculars so they are hard to navigate in small steps. It was also full moon which didn't help. I've also seen Elon Musk's Starlink train as a bonus, but those are common.
I will try again in the next couple of days. It is getting even fainter by the day but higher in the sky so you can wait longer until it gets really dark and the moon won't rise until later, so maybe next 2-3 days will be a bit better view. Too many things have to line up. But the weather is perfect.
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:06:49 UTC No. 16435580
>>16432845
NOOOOO NOT THE HECKIN COMETERINO OF THE CENTURINO FUCK THE CLOUDERINOS BETTER STAY POSTED FOR THE NEXT CELESTIAL EVENTERINO
Anonymous at Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:12:41 UTC No. 16436966
>>16435580
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Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:15:55 UTC No. 16437195
>>16432845
saw it again tonight with the naked eye
time's running out, anon
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:26:22 UTC No. 16437366
>>16435143
I remember it pretty vividly. It was easily visible from my north facing suburban bedroom window, for weeks, easy to spot as Jupiter, and obviously cometary at a casual glance. Even Hyakutake was easier to find and see, on peak nights, because it came so close--which made it a nice subject for sketches from a decent aperture backyard Newtonian.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 02:41:45 UTC No. 16437371
>>16437366
*Easier to find and see than Atlas, I should clarify. Nothing in the last century has been as prominent as Hale Bopp, including the 1986 appearance of Halley's, which was preposterously lame compared to its fame.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:40:04 UTC No. 16437401
>>16437195
Any idea where to look in the sky for it?
Texasfag here.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 07:35:55 UTC No. 16437545
>>16437401
About an hour after sunset, look for Venus (really bright white star) on the west horizon. A little ways above and to the right of it should be the comet.
It's about as bright as the constellation Ophiucus, a little dimmer, and moving through the right half of its snake portion
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:41:56 UTC No. 16437671
>>16437366
>>16437371
I'm hoping for a comet of this magnitude in my life time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/186
"During the night of June 30 – July 1, 1861, the famed comet observer J. F. Julius Schmidt watched in awe as the great comet C/1861 J1 cast shadows on the walls of the Athens Observatory."
"A very brilliant comet had been visible in the Northern sky during the preceding week. I measured its tail with a quadrant, the extreme length of which was 93 degrees 50 minutes."
"Its appearance was sublime, as it extended over nearly half of the heavens...many wondered if the world was not coming to an end."
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:35:45 UTC No. 16437720
>>16432845
Can relate. I managed to see aurora borealis ONCE, after driving around for an hour or so, and even then, the light pollution made it lame. Meh/10.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:58:12 UTC No. 16437905
>>16437720
At this point I guess I'll just make a travel to Finland or Iceland to see aurora borealis.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:08:31 UTC No. 16437929
>>16437366
>>16437371
What was the comet with the magnitude of Hale-Bopp before it and when did it came? I'm starting to think that the nextt one will come only once I'll be in my deathbed... and that even then, clouds will cover the sky
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:48:16 UTC No. 16437985
>>16437905
I'm from Sweden myself tho. Stockholm light pollution is insane.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:49:17 UTC No. 16437988
>>16437929
KEK
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:11:52 UTC No. 16438468
>>16432845
Strangely, while the news was full of the "Aurora can be seen in town" posts nobody talked about the comet. I finally went last night and while it's too faint to see with the naked eye I managed to see it through some binoculars.
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:22:22 UTC No. 16438654
So this evening I drove to a place with clearings a FOURTH TIME, the sky was mostly clear, but I didn't see it because there was too much remaining sunlight at first, and then a cloud veil arrived RIGHT TO the place the comet was, and the gibbous Moon was well rised. I fucking missed it one more time!
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:40:16 UTC No. 16438703
>>16437985
That fucking sucks lol. I thought one of the main appeals of nordland was the easy auroras
Anonymous at Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:26:04 UTC No. 16438774
>>16438703
Maybe up in Lapland, but it's ogre here below the arctic circle. Can't recall ever having any aurora borealis unless sun was being so abnormally active it's in the news, and even when it is...
it's fucking CLOUDY, or...
it looks so washed out from the city lights you can barely tell it's there, man i was pissed off when i finally spotted them, the pollution "bleached" them so much they looked like *slightly* glowing clouds that moved a bit unnaturally and almost melted into the surrounding artificial brightness of the sky, and only my camera captured any trace of color, I was so bummed I'm still mad about it months later.
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:58:01 UTC No. 16440056
>>16432845
yeah
Anonymous at Sat, 19 Oct 2024 23:53:30 UTC No. 16440475
>>16438654
https://www.travelfoss.com/how-to-p
Use these settings, I was able to id where the comet was and then I was able to make out the tail. It's visible an hour after sunset above and to the right of Venus.
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 18:01:12 UTC No. 16441444
>>16437545
NTA anon but how high up above Venus? Do you have to look up
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 18:56:27 UTC No. 16441510
>>16441444
Venus (like all planets) travels along the zodiac line, so it'll always be around 0 degrees or 20 degrees above the horizon
>2G00N
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:34:28 UTC No. 16441561
>>16441510
How far up is the comet
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:35:29 UTC No. 16441564
>>16441561
Is what I meant by my original post
Anonymous at Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:09:58 UTC No. 16441782
>>16432845
I've seen a couple comets in the sky during my life. Haley's, Hale-Bopp. It's nothing to write home about.