As always it is unfortunate and plainly misleading how photographic images of comet C/2023 (Nishimura) imply an easy to see naked eye comet with a long tail. It is not.
I can understand that not every photographer adds this explanation to their images but I have now seen so many click-bait websites praising this comet as something for the layman. Not nice. #comet #nishimura

Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) over Stonehenge!

Posted on the Stonehenge twitter site.
Credit: Nick Bull
https://twitter.com/EH_Stonehenge/status/1701207821293846983
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
6/n

Here is another outstanding image of comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), this one taken by Sławomir Matz.

His post reads - "C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) photographed on September 7, 2023. The comet is currently popular in the media and can be visible to the naked eye. I wrote about her on Facebook! Look for the peja "Stars in the hands."

https://twitter.com/slawomir_matz/status/1700474968176226556
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
5/n

This glorious image of comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) was captured by Jeremy Perez, Arizona art director and photographer in Flagstaff, AZ.

Taken on the morning of Saturday Sep 9 from Cinder Hills Overlook/Sunset Crater in AZ.

He adds - "Canon 6DII + Canon EF 24-105 f/4 @ 105mm.
41 x 4 sec, f/4 @ ISO 12800 in Starry Landscape Stacker & Photoshop/Lightroom."

https://twitter.com/jperez1690/status/1700750391812780274
Check out his website at http://www.perezmedia.net/
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
4/n

Here is another vivid image of comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura by "comethunter" and astro-photographer Michael Jäger.

His post says - Comet Nishimura C/2023 P1 2023 sep. 9 2.48 UT 10x60sec Zeiss-Milvus f-135/2.5 Nikon Z50mod ISO 400 Michael Jäger.

https://twitter.com/Komet123Jager/status/1700456978194063573
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
3/n

The light curve below shows that comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura is brightening up nicely. Current apparent magnitude is below 4 (lower is brighter).

In theory, objects with mag 6 and lower are visible to the naked eye, but currently the comet is low on the horizon during the early morning hours, so visibility depends on local conditions.

Source: http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/2023P1
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
2/n

Some beautiful images of comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura are getting posted online by amateur and professional astro-photographers, as the comet nears its closest approach to earth on Sep 12.

This one, posted on apod, was taken by Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava in eastern Slovakia.

Check out this earlier thread for more info on the comet - https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/111008086190146961

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230911.html
#C2023P1 #Nishimura
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Beautiful #Comet #Nishimura
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230911.html

#APOD

#DidYouKnow: Comet #Nishimura (C/2023 P1), Named for Hideo Nishimura, the Japanese photographer who first spotted it, may be visible now.

Nishimura captured the comet on Aug. 12 while imaging the sky before sunrise with a digital camera — the third comet he has discovered.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/64fd74d04f24942a20359f92

#Comet #Nishimura this morning (10.09.2023) at 05:23 CEST. Seen from a mountain east of Heidelberg, Germany

Photo taken with 35mm lens showing the position of the comet and #Venus at the right border.

As today the light of the comet was already fighting with the morning dawn, I assume this was the last day to see it in the morning sky.

#Astro #Astronomy #Komet

Komet #Nishimura jetzt mit bloßem Auge sichtbar Komet zeigt sich am östlichen Horizont

I decided to try to get a photo of #Comet #Nishimura this morning. Haze, smoke, clouds, and the glow from Omaha just about thwarted me, but it looks like I managed to capture #CometNishimura in the last photo before I ran out of darkness.

#imageastrodujour #apod #comete #nishimura https://apod.vidry.ca/day/230909/fr

#astronomypictureoftheday #apod #comet #nishimura https://apod.vidry.ca/day/230909/en

Komet Nishimura: Wie und wo ist er zu sehen? Beste Sichtbarkeit jetzt, Komet passiert am 12. September seinen erdnächsten Punkt. #Nishimura #Komet #Astronomie #KometNishimura
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/komet-nishimura-wie-und-wo-ist-er-zu-sehen/

#Komet #Nishimura: Eile ist geboten. Ab nächster Woche ist der Komet nicht mehr sichtbar. Man findet ihn im #Sternzeichen #Löwe, wo er natürlich gar nicht hingehört.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forschung/komet-nishimura-100.html

#Comet #Nishimura Grows
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230909.html

#APOD

Kometchen #Nishimura musste sich heute Morgen in Heidelberg durch eine Dunstschicht kämpfen, die die Lichtverschmutzung noch zusätzlich verstärkt hat. Wie schauts aus, habt ihr ihn sehen können?

Moin #fediverse. ☕

Das mit dem #Komet C/2023 P1 #Nishimura wird leider nichts für mich. Nun gut, sehe ich mir halt eure Fotos an. :mastolove:

☄️ 🔭 ✨️✨️
A new #comet is visible in the predawn skies as it passes close to #Earth on its journey around the Sun. Comet #Nishimura is green in color with a long, white tail. It will make its closest pass by Earth on Sept. 12, 2023, and then will carry on toward the Sun

How to see newly discovered Comet Nishimura | The Planetary Society
https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-to-see-newly-discovered-comet-nishimura