This is how an asteroid crossed the sky of the top of Spain
The one that is known as comet of the century his farewell to the planet began. Along the way, he reached the top of Teide in the middle of a purple sunset, but there are still opportunities to watch the passage of C/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS.
The comet was first seen over the skies of the Canary Islands at the end of September, but curious people and astronomy enthusiasts are looking forward to a second appearance this weekend. And unlike the observation at the beginning, which occurred at dawn, in this case The asteroid was supposed to appear in the sky at sunset.
Although it had been visible since last Thursday, it was this Saturday, Columbus Day, that it was expected to return in all its glory. In the case of the Canary Islands, amongprivileged places to enjoy the sky There are Tenerife and La Palma, and it was on the tops of these islands that a sunset with a unique astronomical event was promised.
Passage of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tzuchinshan-ATLAS) last September. / DANIELL LOPEZ
However, on the same Saturday, plans were ruined: the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) warned of an atmospheric front that will lead to climate instability on the islands and this led to precipitation and wind. The weather forecast prompted the General Directorate of Emergency and Security of the Government of the Canary Islands to even issue a decree on the advance warning of winds specifically on the peaks of La Palma and Tenerife and to ask the population to avoid moving to the highlands of the islands. .
The rains started before dark and The wind reached gusts of up to 113 kilometers per hour. in Isanya, but from the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) they monitored the passage of the comet.
This is how they were able to capture the impressive time lapse of the C/2023 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS transit. Of course, if the weather forecast allows, There are other options to observe this phenomenon Tomorrow is Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
It is “highly recommended” andI use binoculars and you can take good photosnoted IAC distributor Alfred Rosenberg, who noted that, according to the forecast, the comet will increase its brightness, and its tail will be more spectacular, because, having passed close to the Sun, it has become ionized, charged, and it will be less straight and more “disheveled”