02 February 2023

Comet ZTF C/2022 E3

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as photographed by Miguel Claro in Portugal. (Image credit: Miguel Claro)

This gorgeous green Comet carries with it so many messages (and codes?)....  If I were a Comet Whisperer, I'm sure I would be busy transcribing its ancient records and learning so much from them. Said to be last in this vicinity 50,000 years ago, I can only imagine the places and spaces it has been and seen in all that time.

The first month of 2023 is barely over, and we've already been presented with such an eventful watch heaven-wards. Our Sun (and near-Sun activities), Comets, strange skies, the ever-increasing weather anomalies and aerial activity from supposedly "unidentified" objects that defy "official" laws of gravity and physics. And let's not even talk about all the crazy that's unfolding on the world-stage.... 🙄 Well, at least we were cautioned about it way before we got here, but its severity (and insanity) is still shocking to the sense that's supposed to be common.

Moving along.... 

Here's something from Space.com about Comet C/2022. There are more articles in this website about this comet, access them through the search box provided.

Spaceweather.com also carried some information, replete with a photo of C/2022 in full splendour.

"There is a strong curved dust tail, a long blue ion tail, and a vivid green coma,"says photographer Michael Jaeger of Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Austria. "It's a beautiful comet." ~Spaceweather.com


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