How to find it in the sky and follow it in real time

It was discovered only a month ago, Comet Nishimura draws the world’s attention as it heads toward the sunpresenting a sight visible with binoculars or even the naked eye.

From the Southern Hemisphere, this small, rocky, icy body, whose exact size is not yet known, and which takes its name from Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura, will be visible in about a week.

To follow its path, the online tool is very useful, as it allows you to determine the location of the comet in real time and provides the possibility to configure the city you are in at that moment. This is Sky Life.

to use, All you have to do is enter the website www.theskylive.com, go to the planetarium section and enter the details of the comet you want to locate and the city from which the query is being made.

C/2023 P1, its scientific name, has a long-period orbit with a last pass near the sun dating back 437 years.

When comets (celestial bodies from cold regions of the solar system) approach Earth, the ice in their cores blows away and releases a long tail of dust that reflects sunlight, and it is these bright hairs that can be seen. .

Comet Nishimura’s tail is green because it contains “more gases than dust.”

Although the show on Saturday and Sunday will be dedicated to the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, we will have to wait for the week of September 20-25.

The first tip to see it is Find the constellation GeminiPay attention to the line connecting Castor and Pollux, the brightest stars in this constellation.

Another suggestion, as in all of these notes, is Go to a dark place with little light pollution.