The Wolfram Demonstrations Project offers more than 12 thousand interactive Wolfram Language Demonstrations in varying fields, including over two hundred astronomy Demonstrations. These livestreams will surely intrigue anyone looking to learn more about space!ĭo you have more space or other questions for Stephen? You can submit a question to be answered in a future Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others or History of Science & Technology Q&A livestream. While the streams are not bound to a single topic, Part 107 features an in-depth conversation about black holes and light and Part 109 looks at questions about gravity and pressure in the vacuum of space. His weekly Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others is an open, live Q&A session dedicated to answering your questions. If you’ve ever wondered why black holes don’t collapse on themselves or about the gravitational limits of a planet, we suggest participating in Stephen Wolfram’s livestreams for the chance to learn about varying topics in the world of science and technology and for a behind-the-scenes look into his life and work. Level 1-Learn about Computational Astronomy Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others
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In the image at the top of this page, we’ve added a red circle to our Night Sky Map for New York to indicate the position of the comet within Camelopardalis at 21:00 (9:00 pm) EST on February 1.With Global Astronomy Month in full swing, it’s exciting to see the merging of Wolfram Language and the world of astronomy in so many different applications from our developers and users-from courses to books to projects on Wolfram Community. A bright Waxing Gibbous Moon will make it more difficult to see the comet (although the Moon will set toward the end of the night, before the Sun rises). Around this time, the comet will be traveling through a faint constellation of stars called Camelopardalis. The best chance to see it will be when it is at its closest to Earth. Where Can I See It?īetween mid-January and mid-February, the Green Comet will travel a little bit every day across the starry background of the night sky. The beautiful images we’ll enjoy in the media-showing the comet as a bright green star with a long tail-are only possible with the right equipment and long exposures. It will not be easy to observe: at best, it will appear as a faint smudge. This means it may be observable with the naked eye, in dark skies away from light pollution, around the end of January and the beginning of February. The faintest magnitude that can be seen with the naked eye in good dark-sky conditions is roughly 6.5.Īt its brightest, the magnitude of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is predicted to be about 5.0. The magnitude of Sirius, the brightest star, is -1.4 Polaris, the North Pole star, is 2.0. The higher the number, the fainter the object. The brightness of an object for observers on Earth is measured by apparent magnitude. The head of the comet can glow green due to the presence of a chemical called diatomic carbon. Sometimes-but not always-they develop distinctive tails of gas and dust.
When comets are close to the Sun, they warm up. Their orbits around the Sun carry them from the far, outer parts of the solar system to the inner solar system, where they can become visible from Earth.
The Green Comet will be at its closest to Earth-and at its brightest in our skies-on February 1.Ĭomets are small bodies made of ice and dust. It reached its closest point to the Sun on January 12. A bright Moon will make comet observations more difficult.įind the Moon, planets, and stars on our Night Sky Map What Is the Green Comet?Ĭ/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a green-ish comet that was discovered on March 2 last year. Business Date to Date (exclude holidays)Ī circle indicating the position of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has been added to this image from our Night Sky Map, looking north from New York at 21:00 (9:00 pm) local time on February 1 (click to zoom in).
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