Chris Schur used a 10-inchNewtonian telescope and a 60-minute camera exposure to take a picture of comet Leonard. Chris Schur is the image credit.
There is a chance that comet Leonard will cause a shower of meteorites at Venus this weekend.
The comet C/2021 A1 was discovered in January by astronomer Gregory J. Leonard of the Mount LemmonInfrared Observatory in Arizona. Skywatchers can see the comet through binoculars if they look in the evening sky, but it may be hard to see it under clear skies.
The story is different at Venus. The comet and the planet will come within 31,000 miles of each other, which is equivalent to a satellite path above Earth.
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The sky map shows the location of the comet in the night sky. The image is from NASA/JPL-Caltech.
The temperature and pressure on Venus are similar to that of Earth, so it would take you 35 to 40 miles above the surface to watch the shower.
He said that it is the only place in the solar system where room temperature and pressure conditions are present and that an astronauts could stand on the railing of a gondola with a breathing apparatus on but otherwise in shirtsleeves.
A new paper by a Caltech graduate student was posted on July 26 to arXiv.org and submitted to the Astronomical Journal.
The artist created an illustration of Akatsuki at Venus. The image is from JAXA/Akihiro Ikeshita.
The best scenario for a meteor shower would be if Venus goes through the comet's trail, but it would require a lot of activity from the comet. That's not impossible.
"If we had a positive detection of comets on Venus from this event, it would tell us that this comet was active at high distances from the sun," he said.
Japan's Akatsuki is the only one of its kind. Earth, Venus and the sun may be oriented in a way to allow Earth watchers to see faint flashes from the debris of the comet. A close flyby of a comet near Mars was spotted by multiple satellites.
If you take a picture of a comet or night sky, send it to spacephotos@space.com with your name and location in the subject line.
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