As Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks begins to vanish from Northern Hemisphere skies, consideration will undoubtedly flip to a few of the different delights 2024 has in retailer.
Particularly, the re-emergence of the planets into beneficial positions within the latter half of the yr (about time), but in addition the potential for Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) to be an enormous hitter come autumn 2024 (fingers crossed).
As one last farewell and final hurrah, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was as a consequence of make an look in the course of the April 8 photo voltaic eclipse, but in addition to have a detailed encounter with the planet Jupiter within the evening sky.
Comet photographer José J. Chambó has captured simply that: an unbelievable picture displaying Pons-Brooks with Jupiter, the Moon and Uranus.
From our perspective on Earth, celestial our bodies typically seem shut collectively within the sky, and we name these conferences conjunctions.
This conjunction of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, the Moon and the planets was captured by José on 10 April 2024 at 19:57 UTC from Corral de la Muela, Ayora, Valencia Spain.
José says: “Farewelling the northern hemisphere skies, barely above the night horizon, Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was a part of a phenomenal planetary conjunction on April 10, 2024, alongside Jupiter, Uranus and the two-day-old waxing crescent Moon.
“The lengthy publicity required to disclose the structural particulars of the comet’s tail meant that the sunshine of the Moon and planets was saturated.”
Particulars
- Digital camera: Canon EOS 6D
- Lens: Samyang F2.0/135mm
- Mount: Meade LXD-75
- Publicity: 19 min. (1+61×18 sec. at ISO 400)
- Processing: Nebulb
See extra of José’s work at www.cometografia.es
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