C/2022 E3 (ZTF) hasn’t come so close to Earth since the last ice age, experts say. Here’s how you may be able to see it later this month.
in California, and the comet has been brightening as it approaches the sun and Earth, the space agency said.C/2022 E3 will be closest to the sun on Jan. 12, "at which time it may become visible even without binoculars to northern observers with a clear and dark sky," according to NASA’s post.
"As they near the Sun, comet brightnesses are notoriously hard to predict, though," the agency added.One photographer managed to capture a beautiful timelapse of the comet over the city of Exeter, in the southwest of England., meaning the last time C/2022 E3 came so close to Earth was during the last ice age.
C/2022 E3 is expected to reach its perigee, or pass nearest to the Earth, on Feb. 1, after which "it should dim dramatically," NASA said. In a photo shared on Monday, three blue ion tails extend to the upper right of the image, which NASA said is likely the result of a variable solar wind on ions ejected by the icy comet nucleus."The comet's white dust tail is visible to the upper left and much shorter. The green glow is the comet's coma, caused by glowing carbon gas," NASA said in the post.
The comet will become visible for skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere in early February 2023, the space outlets reported.
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