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Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

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Much attention

Purple Mountain-Atlas Comet

Paddle over the Red River

Witnessed by netizens in many places in our state

And record the moment

The Purple Mountain-Atlas Comet is called

"In 2024

The most anticipated comet"

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed at the Hani Terraces in Yuanyang Photo by Li Yi

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed at the Hani Terraces in Yuanyang Photo by Li Yi

Comet Purple Mountain-Atlas in early 2023

It was first discovered by the Purple Mountain Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Closest approach to Earth on October 12 this year

It is the best time to observe it

Entering late October

The comet's brightness decreases somewhat

In good weather conditions

It can also be observed

But as it gradually moves away from the sun and the earth

The brightness gradually decreases

It will be difficult to see with the naked eye from November

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed in Mongolia taken by Li Xing

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed in Mongolia taken by Li Xing

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed in Mongolia taken by Li Xing

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

A comet photographed in Mongolia taken by Li Xing

Purple Mountain-Atlas Comet

It is a non-periodic comet

The track is a special oval

It takes about 61,751 years to complete one orbit around the sun

You only get a chance to see it once every 60,000 years

Did you see that?

Cosmic "conspicuous bag"

What the hell is going on?

The comet, named after the Chinese Astronomical Observatory - Comet Purple Mountain-Atlas (international number C/2023 A3), was first observed by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on January 9, 2023, and is a comet with a yellow comet tail.

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

Huiwei small science

As it approaches the Sun, the temperature rises due to increased radiation, and the comet's material sublimates, forming hazy coma and a tail of thin material around the comet's nucleus, resembling a broomstick. The tail of a comet can be divided into ionic tails, which are usually blue in color, and dust tails, which are determined by the sunlight reflected by the dust.

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

How do you shoot a comet blockbuster?

Astronomical experts!

The brightness of a comet depends on two factors, one is how close it is to the Sun, the closer it is to the Sun, the brighter it will shine; The other is how close it is to the Earth, and the closer it is to the Earth, the brighter we see.

Astronomical experts say that the first two days should have been the brightest time for Comet Purple Mountain-Atlas, but unfortunately because it is in the same direction as the sun, its light is completely drowned out by the sun.

Over the next two weeks, it gets farther and farther away from the sun, and it is possible to see it in the evening after the sun sets, with the help of some equipment, in the same direction as the sun sets.

Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

△ The path of the Purple Mountain-Atlas Comet through the sky

It is understood

Until the 26th

It's all about this comet

The best time slot

Interested friends

Be sure to check it out!

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Once in 60,000 years! It streaked over the Red River, did you see it?

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