LUCKNOW: Astronomers and sky gazers of the town had been on cloud 9 once they noticed the Green comet for the primary time on Thursday. Although the view was not very clear, however the sight of the comet that was final seen throughout Neanderthal age 50,000 years in the past stuffed astronomers with pleasure.
As per officers of Indira Gandhi planetarium, the comet will proceed to gentle up the sky all through the week however since it’s transferring away from the Earth the probabilities of its clear visibility from the bare eye are fairly low.
“We bought a sight of the Green comet tail via a telescope at round 3 am nevertheless it was too faint therefore the captured photographs aren’t that clear. We’re nonetheless processing photographs,” mentioned senior scientific officer Sumit Srivastava of Indira Gandhi planetarium.
He mentioned the comet was closest to Earth on Wednesday and Thursday and therefore good visibility was anticipated. Nevertheless, due to fog it could not be seen clearly.
Srivastava mentioned round 20 sky watchers from totally different components of the nation, together with Bhopal, Nagpur, Mumbai and others, had visited the planetarium to get a sight of the comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
They had been even pleased with a boring view of the comet that might be seen via a telescope, he added.
President of Scientific Data for Youth Beginner membership Swapni Rastogi mentioned: “Viewing a comet sporting heat garments and a blanket at planetarium’s terrace together with over a dozen individuals from totally different components of the nation was altogether a distinct expertise.”
As per officers of Indira Gandhi planetarium, the comet will proceed to gentle up the sky all through the week however since it’s transferring away from the Earth the probabilities of its clear visibility from the bare eye are fairly low.
“We bought a sight of the Green comet tail via a telescope at round 3 am nevertheless it was too faint therefore the captured photographs aren’t that clear. We’re nonetheless processing photographs,” mentioned senior scientific officer Sumit Srivastava of Indira Gandhi planetarium.
He mentioned the comet was closest to Earth on Wednesday and Thursday and therefore good visibility was anticipated. Nevertheless, due to fog it could not be seen clearly.
Srivastava mentioned round 20 sky watchers from totally different components of the nation, together with Bhopal, Nagpur, Mumbai and others, had visited the planetarium to get a sight of the comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
They had been even pleased with a boring view of the comet that might be seen via a telescope, he added.
President of Scientific Data for Youth Beginner membership Swapni Rastogi mentioned: “Viewing a comet sporting heat garments and a blanket at planetarium’s terrace together with over a dozen individuals from totally different components of the nation was altogether a distinct expertise.”