Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) - TheSkyLive
Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) has been discovered on August 11, 2023 by amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura. The comet will pass its perihelion on September 18, 2023, at a distance of 34 million kilometers from the Sun (or 0.23 Astronomical Units).
Comet Nishimura and the Sigma-Hydrid meteors - EarthSky
Dec 9, 2023 · Hideo Nishimura of Kakegawa, Japan, was photographing the night sky on August 11 and 12, 2023, when he captured a new comet that now bears his name: comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura). In fact, the...
Comet C/2023 P1 | Nishimura Comet September 2023 - Star Walk
Sep 15, 2023 · The green comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), discovered a month ago, is expected to reach its peak brightness (mag 2.8) by September 17 when it passes perihelion (closest point to the Sun). However, its proximity to the Sun in the sky makes it challenging to observe at that time.
Comet A3 is the brightest comet in 27 years! Don’t miss it
2 days ago · Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) – aka Comet A3 – is in the evening sky! And it’s the brightest comet in 27 years, the brightest since Hale-Bopp in 1997. Look to the right of the bright...
New comet makes historically close approach to Earth today, but ...
Sep 12, 2023 · There's a newly discovered comet in the sky, and it's about to make its closest flyby of Earth. Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) will zip past the planet at a distance of roughly 125 million...
Nishimura green comet: what is it, how to see it and when it will …
Sep 11, 2023 · A newly discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time since before Galileo invented his telescope.
Comet P1 Nishimura moves into the evening sky for its last hurrah
Comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura has made its closest approach to Earth. Will it become visible to the naked eye? Find out how to see it.
Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) brightening with nice tail
Sep 4, 2023 · Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is shining at around magnitude +6 as it zeros-in on closest approach to Earth, at distance of around 125.3 million kilometres (0.838 AU) on 12 September. It’s closest to the Sun (perihelion passage) on 17 September, at a distance of 32.9 million kilometres (0.22 AU).
APOD: 2023 August 21 – Introducing Comet Nishimura
Since then, C/2023 P1 Nishimura has increased in brightness and its path across the inner Solar System determined. As the comet dives toward the Sun, it will surely continue to intensify and possibly become a naked-eye object in early September.
Comet Nishimura: How and When to See It This Weekend - The New York Times
Sep 8, 2023 · The ball of dust and ice is formally named C/2023 P1, but is also called Comet Nishimura, for Hideo Nishimura, the Japanese photographer who first spotted it. And you may have an opportunity to...
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