Posted on May 14, 2020
APOD: 2020 May 14 - Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
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Good afternoon, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN." If you think the next time you'll be able to see Halley's Comet is 2061, think again. Each year the "trail" of Halley's Comet produces the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which peaks during early-May each year. This year, we also get to see Comet SWAN. The scene here is Reunion Island (Indian Ocean) near dawn. Comet SWAN is above the mountain a little left. The The Aquarid meteor tail is on the right (running from left to right). SWAN is now in the morning sky in the Northern Hemisphere. Anyone planning to get up early to go see it?
APOD: 2020 May 14 - Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, May 14, 2020 entitled "Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN."
Image: Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN - Image Credit & Copyright - Luc Perrot (TWAN)
APOD background "Explanation: The pre-dawn hours of May 3rd were moonless as grains of cosmic dust streaked through southern skies above Reunion Island. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through dusty debris streams left behind periodic Comet 1/P Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the Eta Aquarids. This inspired exposure captures a bright aquarid meteor flashing left to right over a sea of clouds. The meteor streak points back to the shower's radiant in the constellation Aquarius, well above the eastern horizon and off the top of the frame. Known for speed Eta Aquarid meteors move fast, entering the atmosphere at about 66 kilometers per second, visible at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so. Then about 6 light-minutes from Earth, the pale greenish coma and long tail of Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN were not to be left out of the celestial scene, posing above the volcanic peaks left of center. Now in the northern sky's morning twilight near the eastern horizon Comet SWAN has not become as bright as anticipated though. This first time comet made its closest approach to planet Earth only two days ago and reaches perihelion on May 27."
Comet Swan · DenRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6dnDpCaIlo
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Image: Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN - Image Credit & Copyright - Luc Perrot (TWAN)
APOD background "Explanation: The pre-dawn hours of May 3rd were moonless as grains of cosmic dust streaked through southern skies above Reunion Island. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through dusty debris streams left behind periodic Comet 1/P Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the Eta Aquarids. This inspired exposure captures a bright aquarid meteor flashing left to right over a sea of clouds. The meteor streak points back to the shower's radiant in the constellation Aquarius, well above the eastern horizon and off the top of the frame. Known for speed Eta Aquarid meteors move fast, entering the atmosphere at about 66 kilometers per second, visible at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so. Then about 6 light-minutes from Earth, the pale greenish coma and long tail of Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN were not to be left out of the celestial scene, posing above the volcanic peaks left of center. Now in the northern sky's morning twilight near the eastern horizon Comet SWAN has not become as bright as anticipated though. This first time comet made its closest approach to planet Earth only two days ago and reaches perihelion on May 27."
Comet Swan · DenRA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6dnDpCaIlo
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Good "Thursday" Afternoon Bill. Thanks for sharing the APOD ttiled "Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN" today Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Have a great day and stay strong and resilient brother.
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