Green Comet Returns After 50,000 Years, But Why Is It Green? (C/2022 E3 Features Explained)

[@Chompchompyerded]

I remember the last time it came around I hoped I'd live long enough to see it again. I'm older than dirt and was around to see the australopithecines come and go which was only 3.5 million years ago, so I'm real excited to see the green comet come around again. Sincerely, George Santos

[@justincase3108]

Did you mean George Soros?

[@Chompchompyerded]

@@justincase3108 Damn! Another one of my false identities blown! Well, at least no one has figured out yet who and what I really am. That would require an emergency extraction by the mothership, and I can only imagine all the problems that would cause.

[@terriquinlan7683]

I told God what to do. The Fabulous Katina. 💋

[@Chompchompyerded]

@@terriquinlan7683 Dang! You got some friends in high places!

[@terriquinlan7683]

@@Chompchompyerded My friends don't have a problem with Drag Queens. I have friends in high places, not in the worst sewer that you never wanted to imagine. ✨👠

[@kellyburns4725]

Such a prolific content provider. YOU are a wonderful person Anton! ❤

[@damienjeremyweir4543]

Big facts

[@AstroCatz]

Fascinating! I never knew comets could be so unique and have so many features. It's amazing to think that this comet is another long period one which is even more romantic when you look at it. The explanations of why it is green were very informative, thank you *It's magnitude now should be +5~+6, still good to observe~*

[@BarnardBinPerson]

oooh so here Astrocat Comment is (#1 out of ??? discovered comment!)

[@curtispiette3520]

Love your content Anton, stay wonderful!

[@rhllor7575]

Hey Anton. Just wanted to thank you for all the content you provide. Always interesting stuff you talk about. Hope you and yours are doing well and best wishes for the year to you. Much love man. ❤

[@draelon]

I've tried every night for a week to see it... I live out in the country but between the clouds this week and my neighbor's barn having more light than some sport stadiums, I can't see it well enough to know I actually saw it. Barn went up this year and I've been building up the anger to finally go over and beg them to put the damn lighting on a timer.

[@stewiepid4385]

So, you asked to speak to a manager? Letting 'anger' build up is not conducive to a healthy mental wellness program. Begging someone to do something you want done is a beta-cuck move.

[@theophrastus3.056]

Invite your neighbor over to use your telescope, serve refreshments, and let him see for himself. That might make your request seem less onerous.

[@bardmadsen6956]

@@theophrastus3.056 Great advice, getting them to think that it is their idea, evades me.

[@Inertia888]

Even if they are not interested in the sky, maybe they'll be happy to turn the lights off for an hour, on a specified night? But like another said, offering a turn with the telescope is a great way to get people to understand, and maybe even enjoy the hobby.

[@johnjeffreys6440]

Why would anything coalesce in the oort cloud?

[@paradox7358]

I have plans on the 1st Feb... I'll catch it on its next trip around.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Our favorite Wonderful Person! 😍 Thanks for such cool content! You are the best on KZbin for bringing us the most up-to-date science papers, hands down. Not only that, you explain them so well that we can understand what they mean, and that is what makes you the best! ❤️❤️

[@deloachapproach4273]

Anton - one of the coolest guys making KZbin videos!!! Stay wonderful, Anton!

[@Timesend]

I’ve seen this green sparkle in the sky a few days ago, twinkling like a green star. I had no clue it was this !

[@BoycottChinaa]

the movie Lifeforce in the 80s predicted this arriving! incredible☹

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@BoycottChinaa Yeah... I bet good-looking nude "energy vampires" will start roaming around 😁

[@MCsCreations]

Insert the "aliens" meme here.

[@aresaurelian]

@@BoycottChinaa

[@philipm3173]

Lucky it's been overcast basically last whole week at night.

[@_John_Sean_Walker]

Nice that Space gives us a green light.

[@cpm1003]

It would be nice to see the sky again. It's been overcast here for like a month now.

[@theothertonydutch]

So cloudy here, I've been considering spending a couple of days on one of the islands up north because they tend to have decent starry skies.

[@carolstapleton9108]

Seriously trying to plan a trip to the Sahara for just 2/3 nights just to observe the sky with no light pollution. Mind blowing experience. See ya there?

[@danielthemangrande]

We weren't born in the age of explorers, but we still get to see things most likely no humans will witness again.

[@Gryffyth_Aurum]

Hello, wonderful Anton! Thank you for the information and the excellent website link for meteorites!

[@DadJeff-jo7pm]

Thank you Wonderfil Person Anton for putting this out.

[@speederscout]

We love you and your family, Anton.

[@richbrant8534]

I started watching your videos and now im addicted to them. Thanks for all the fun and educational videos.

[@Taomantom]

you and your writers are getting smoother! Always great!

[@billinct860]

In 1986 I observed Halley's comet, when little was known about them. It was fuzzy and not too bright. I needed my binoculars to actually see it. In the following years two decent comets came by... Hale-Bop and another named after a Japanese star gazer. I'll attempt to view this one, but I have trees all around me now that weren't that tall way back then.

[@veramae4098]

I asked my Grandmother about seeing Haley's comet when it was visible even during the day time, decades ago. She said she was very little and remembered standing on the porch ... but only remembered everyone talking about seeing it. 😊

[@user-nv5lh8ib1p]

Saw it in 86, similar memory, not terribly bright. Hoping for a reunion before i die! Give Haley a second chance:)

[@riggersHDFTW]

Stay awesome Anton thanks for another video

[@IRoseASeagull]

It’s just so fascinating that modern history can see this green comet for the first time after the Neanderthals 50,000 years ago.

[@DrDoom42]

Sorry for your loss Anton.

[@PatchouliPenny]

Me too. I wasn't aware of this until this video.

[@mikeharrington5593]

I still marvel at how impressive Haile Boppe was in the night skies in 1997

[@deg6788]

Yes i was still a teen back then but could see it clearly with my eyes

[@thedustofages]

Yes it was hauntingly beautiful, a silent beacon bestriding the sky for weeks. A wonderful memory.

[@CaoticoFanegasO_o]

Anton, I effing love you for your will to teach us, and your Perseverance (pun intended). Thanks, mate.

[@michaelkaczmarski2938]

I have observed the comet twice from my front yard on January 15 and 18. I live in the suburbs with two unobscured street lights about 30 to 50 feet from my observing location. Nonetheless, I can easily see 5th magnitude stars when the sky is clear. On the first early morning, about 5:45 am, I easily found the field containing dim nearby stars with my 35 mm binoculars, but could not see the comet. The moon was half full, less than 45 degrees away and contributing to brightening the sky. So I switched to my Celestron 80 mm wide field finder scope, and saw the comet appearing as a faint gray-white smudge. It was supposed to be at about magnitude 6.8 at the time. I sort of glimpsed a very short fan shaped tail, making the comet look egg-shaped. No green color to speak of. The second observation was at the same time of the early morning. Now the moon was sickle-shaped, much less bright and further away. The comet was reported to have brightened to magnitude 6.4. It certainly appeared brighter and larger in my 80 mm. I saw a blue-green dot where the nucleus should be. The fan tail that I had previously only glimpsed was now more easily seen, but still difficult. I looked away, then back to the comet several times to be sure of what I was seeing, and to get the direction of the tail relative to the faint nearby stars. Other than the blue-green nucleus, the comet's overall color was still gray-white. I suspect that to see the green color of the coma, one would need a much larger scope, around 16 inches in aperture, and a dark location, away from lights. However, a photographic exposure of several minutes on color film, would probably bring out the green color, even if only shot through a telephoto lens. A good website to check is Heavens Above. If you first give it your latitude and longitude (which you can get on Google Earth), it will provide altitude and azimuth of the comet at your local time in the Comets link later (A green azimuth means the comet is visible above the horizon.) Click on C/2022 E3 ZTF at the top of the column for two finder charts. If you are unfamiliar with constellations, first click on the Sky Chart (old version), to familiarize yourself with them. I am posting this on January 22. At this time, the reported magnitude is about 6.0. Since a comet is not a pinpoint star, with its total amount of light spread over the coma and tail, it is not as easy to see as a 6th magnitude star. I believe that it presently can not be seen with the naked eye, binoculars or a small scope still being necessary. The closest approach of the comet to Earth is on February 1st. It will appear largest then, and chances are even brighter, maybe even naked-eye. But it will have a foreshortened tail, due to the Sun-Earth-Comet geometry. I enjoy Anton's videos. However, I take exception to his title "Green Comet Returns After 50,000 Years." My issue concerns concerns the word "returns." 1. Based upon the recent orbital trajectory, the comet has taken 25,000 years to reach the Sun from the Oort Cloud, and it will take 25,000 more years to get back into the Cloud. The precise cause of why a particular comet has left the Cloud is unknown, as most comets in the Cloud remain there. Astronomers think that the general cause is a gravitational perturbation of a passing star or gravity wave, but exactly which star or wave is unknown. Another theory is that the radiation or shock wave from a nearby supernova can affect the motion of a comet in the Cloud just enough to nudge it into a path toward the Sun. 2. There are no historical records of anyone observing this comet 50,000 years ago. This might have been its first trip toward the Sun, meaning it's not really a returning comet. We just don't know for sure. Addendum: I observed the comet for the 3rd time at 6 am on the 23rd. Because of its higher position in the sky, I was able to block out the two nearby streetlights behind a porch support pillar. The comet's reported magnitude has brightened to 5.8, but I still could not see it with my naked eye. In my 80 mm finder scope, it definitely had increased in size. I could see a longer tail, though it was very faint. The coma was still gray-white, but I thought a very slight light green tint was mixed in, but barely. If I didn't know the green tint was supposed to be there, I probably wouldn't have suspected it. Maybe observing from a really dark location would bring out that green tint more. Wherever you observe from, be sure to let your eyes dark-adapt for at least 15 minutes. Addendum 01-26-22: A live streaming view through a telescope of the comet is available on KZbin.

[@jsim5475]

It's the final a pale horseman my friend the end is neigh

[@echoingchaos9659]

Keep up the great work Anton

[@charlesfowler4205]

I really like your stories Anton. I have a sadness in my heart right now for both Father and Mother as well as your Families. I just found out, or I would have given my condolence sooner. I'm constantly looking for your stories, you have a great voice. when I hear you I close my eyes and I'm there ! Thank you Anton.

[@FelquisGimenes]

Anton, share something about Ice Ages and Poles Flip

[@craig.a.glesner]

Thanks Anton, you wonderful person! That cometary surface gif was hella dope. Wow, it was beautiful and now I wanna walk on a comet.

[@PeachesCourage]

I a couple of years ago looked at on youtube how our earth began to make life forms According to the film it was trail and error over and over The film really gave you a sense the time involved to make what we have today Again the film is on youtube took a while to watch too Thank you for this Anton great work again

[@bugjam1976]

BIG UP ANTON..

[@LANCEtheBOIL]

well I hope this one gets underestimated like the hale bopp comet did, when I got to see hale bopp, it was way bigger , colorful, and clear then they said it would be

[@PatchouliPenny]

Was living in Belfast at the time. Took the kids up to the top of the "mountain" one freezing cold night and taught them all about it. It was epic. I was in Johannesburg when Halley's came round but it was uncharacteristically overcast when we were told to look for it. Then watched Schumacher Levy smack into Jupiter with so much more oomph than anyone expected. Now this one. I'm not sure if I'll get to see it on the UK South coast but I never expected to be alive for four memorable comets in my life. Then again I never thought I'd live past age 30...

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@PatchouliPenny Haley's, Schumaker were all flops, but Hale Bop was as big as the moon in Northern California driving down I-5 seeing it to the West.

[@omw2fyb906]

@@donaldkasper8346 Hale Bop was bad ass! I too live in northern Cali, it sure was a sight that you dont forget

[@lanedexter6303]

Fascinating comet! Makes me want to go downstairs to my library and dust off my copy of Lin Carter’s “Under the Green Planet.” 😉

[@user-nv5lh8ib1p]

Thanks for another great video to share with my daughter. Was heartbroken to hear the news of your son. Please don't wait long to have you next child. The world needs more great parents like the two of you.

[@stefaniasmanio5857]

lucky daughter.. wish both of you the best!

[@andycordy5190]

If you're only coming around every 50,000 years, it's wonderful to imagine what a traveller of this kind has witnessed, coming and going and perhaps also what is out there in the Oort cloud. Sending a most excellent telescope a million miles into deep space seems pretty trivial by comparison. What about a space telescope in orbit at the edge of our solar system?

[@stargazer5784]

Extreme coolness.

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always anton. Thank you. 👍😊

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

I hope you post your own video through a personal telescope, maybe even do a live feed. Gonna be good stuff!!

[@stevenkarnisky411]

Thanks, Anton. Hoping I will get a good look at this one. I like green things.

[@twentyonepilots6106]

Love your content Anton keep up the good work and look forward to many more vids from you in 2023

[@boeing900]

That's amazing. I had no idea there was video from the surface of a comet.

[@TheGordo1996]

OK, so what percent of the total emissions would you say is from sublimation(or from melting) versus ionization?

[@philipm3173]

About three fiddy

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

Diurnal or nocturnal?

[@eric212234]

Wonderful channel.

[@darrenoetinger7876]

It would have been nice if you had included a time and direction to look on Feb 1 to see it.

[@iroejogani1610]

Depends on the location you live on earth

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

In the US, look for it after midnight in Corona Borealis, about halfway between Boötes and Hercules, to the NW. Coma Borealis is aka the Northern Crown. Find the Big Dipper, use the handle as an arc, it will point to a bright star in Boötes called Arcturus ('Arc to Arcturus.) At about a 45° angle to the celestial NW, you will see a fainter circular constellation of stars-this is the Northern Crown.

[@emperorberkuien1964]

Could have a LOT of copper sulfate in it, that might be why it's an eerie green color.

[@-jeff-]

TY Aton for the great explanation of our off-color wanderer.

[@brandonjacky1825]

I was able to see it last night through my little telescope. Near the constellations Bootes and the Big Dipper, northwest sky around midnight in Mojave California. Looks like a faint little pale green hazy blob right now. Super cool! Can't wait till Feb 1 when it's at its closest approach to Earth. Wonder if it'll be easier or harder to see since the full moon will be out then, whereas it's new right now?

[@jsalsman]

The 517.5 nm green C2 Swan band is the primary component of the center of a typical butane torch flame. While most of the flame looks blue, the center includes that same green.

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

Sorry to see you're not feeling well, Anton. best wishes, and get some rest!

[@anatrejos8879]

Anton much love to you and family.😘😘😘

[@madmikeproductionsuk]

Thanks Anton you wonderful person 👍

[@TheAmos1]

great episode, tons of useful information 😃👍

[@eeshtarr]

FYI: This particular comet has already reached its perihelion on this pass and is already receding from the sun now, so it is not very likely to fall apart on this pass.

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Very interesting indeed, thanks 😊

[@stefaniasmanio5857]

hi Anton!! wonderful person who makes wonderful videos! this is fantastic, totally clear, complete and interesting! thank you so much! so many questions answered in just one video! great, well done! I

[@b3j8]

Cool! I'll have a go at getting a photo of it! Last one I got a decent photo of was Hale Bopp.

[@stargazer5784]

Me too. Did it with a 35 mm SLR using a 100 mm lens and Kodachrome 64. We did 15 and 30 second exposures using a homemade barn door mount.

[@b3j8]

@@stargazer5784 Same w/35mm and Kodachrome 64. Dont remember which lens I used, but timing was about same. Came out great. Been pretty cloudy, and w/moonlight also dont know this time. Worth it to try tho. Good luck to you if you are going to give a go!

[@Quwucuqin]

Anton has unlimited content

[@Junksaint]

The universe is all kinds of infinite

[@animalbird9436]

Now then anton. Hope life's treating you and yours well.. Good luck for future❤️❤️

[@setlik3gaming80]

Excellent Reporting 🖖🏼

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

Does anyone have any tips on some websites or something that can help find it in the night sky from day to day? any help would be much appreciated.

[@stargazer5784]

If you do a search using 'comet C/2022 E3 finder chart' you'll find what you're after. I understand that it's going to be visible in the northern constellations (Perseus, Casseopia, etc.) using just a pair of binoculars. Of course it's position will change over time, so if you go hunting for it be sure to have a chart handy when you go out. Many online charts are printer friendly, and a printed chart is the easiest way to get your bearings. Use only a small flashlight (Preferably with a red lens if possible. A piece of clear red tape works fine too.) to illuminate the chart, because a bright white light will ruin your night vision, which takes about 30 minutes to acquire. The chart will have a line showing the comet's path with dots along the line corresponding to calendar dates. When you go out, face north and find Polaris, the north star. If your chart covers a wide enough area of the sky it will show Polaris and give you a good starting point for your search. It's also essential to find a good dark place to do all of this because the light pollution from street lights will make faint objects hard to see. Have fun!

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

@@stargazer5784 thankyou very much! ☺ hopefully there's a good view here in Australia, I hope your viewing goes well also!

[@stargazer5784]

@@Hannah_The_Heretic You're very welcome. Perth now news has an article about it and it should start to become visible to you folks after February 2nd. You will need to find a chart suited to your southern location, which shouldn't be difficult. Something else too, see if you can get in contact with an astronomy club in your area. They love to hold star parties and public viewing events when these kind of things are visible, and all of the clubs that I've ever heard of always makes such events free to the public. Cheers and good hunting!

[@aztekstylz]

What made this comet interesting is that no one had a clue it was coming

[@stargazer5784]

That's what makes long period comets kind of like scary wild cards. There's no way to predict when one might show up or what path it might follow.

[@Gazer873]

Thank you for this awsome video! Very informative as always! 🙏

[@geraldmeehan8942]

Thank for update, sounds like interesting phenomenon

[@mark_22222]

I am so sorry for the terrible loss of your son. I will pray 🙏 for you and your family to get through this and may your son rest in peace. ❤️‍🩹🫂

[@larslrs7234]

This is how to visit another solar system: cycle twice in 50,000 years. Then travel back.

[@rafox66]

Damn I really hope I can get a glimpse of it, such an awesome thought to have witnessed it.

[@dennisammann9104]

I saw it in Draco last Sat, nite up in the mountains by Julian, CA with my 12” Dob. It was a let down, not worth seeing. No one will see this comet in a light polluted city with the unaided eye. You can also forget seeing it as a green comet with your eyes. 🤔 Cameras will probably pick up the green? 🤔 This is a wonderful and informative video by Anton about comets. 👍😁✨

[@tcf70tyrannosapiensbonsai]

Dear Anton. Thank you for this interesting episode anyway. There's one picture that drew my attention. At 9:56 there's a comet and the halfmoon with very special illumination. Couldn't you please explain to me/us the what is going on concerning the light conditions of this situation?

[@marknn3]

That is a composite/artificial picture. Because it is not possible for star to show 'through' the moon. Anyone with another explaination does not understand physics.

[@harrysadlermusic]

Thank you for everything you do Anton!

[@texaslorraine]

I am very sorry for your loss. Cherish the memories. 😘

[@MD37428]

Sorry for your loss brother, my daughter passed on 4/4/22. She was 33. Peace be to you my friend.

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

I saw the Green Comet on January 31st & February 1st near the North Star. It looked like a false north star- it was so bright, then I realized that I was looking at Comet-ZTF in its green glory.

[@ZedAlfa.]

There is video footage of a comet plunging into the Sun, I saw it many years ago. It was from a solar observatory

[@jakelynbrook]

Copper also burns with a green hue; is it possible that the glow is also copper content? 12:55

[@burnieblunt8798]

Wasn't there a localized extinción event Somewhere in the world about 50,000yrs ago?

[@icespeckledhens]

A very interesting explanation of comets and particularly this one.

[@noellecelnik4347]

This shit always happens in winter when there's cloud cover 24/7

[@jlt131]

Love your content, Anton! How does one find the map you're using at 8:02? it's fantastic!

[@garbagestarkaloyan]

Strange thing happend to me. I was having a dream of seeing a green comet and on the next day I heard about this comet.

[@IndiaCarmichael]

How do they know it hasn't been seen in 50,000 years if no one was around to see it or record it being seen then? What if the last time it was seen was like 1000 years ago?

[@stargazer5784]

Thanks wonderful person. There's a good paper titled 'The distribution of apehilion directions of long period comets' that I think you might find interesting. It's from a 1984 study suggesting that the Oort cloud may have been disturbed by an interstellar interloper several million years ago, resulting in an increased frequency of sightings of long period comets in the inner solar system. Just a suggestion. Thanks again.

[@jdsolberg7613]

50,000 year's? That would put it around the time the Pyramids and Sphinx we're erected! How exciting!

[@kennycarter5682]

its been too cloudy the past week here.. wonder what time of day is best to look for it

[@carolstapleton9108]

Where are you? I’m in UK and like yourself too many chemtrails obliterate the sky with their poisonous effluents to be able to see anything up there. By government design 😡 but what can ya do? 😳

[@kennycarter5682]

@@carolstapleton9108 SE USA central gulf coast

[@WinkWinkNodNod]

Green is rare. Blue is unique. Purple is iconic. Yellow is Legendary

[@austin-multicellular]

What a nice way to kick off the month of ksp2!

[@1969kodiakbear]

50,000 Years. This is so cool. By the way, I have difficulty communicating because I had a stroke in Broca’s area, the part of the brain that controls speech. 2/8/2021 but I lived again. (My wife helped me compose this.)

[@mrcjc9298]

Comet Hale-Bopp was the best one I ever saw.

[@htos1av]

Intriguing that it's all carbon based organic molecules we see on comets...Hale-Bopp was beautiful! Saw it on a night I was gigging with the fellows-sure miss that! :)

[@planescaped]

IB4 the "We're all gonna die!" comet hysteria.

[@Repugnantone]

You mean to say it isn't going to happen? That's unfortunate.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@RepugnantoneOh, someone who thinks it's cool to act as a necrophiliac... Well, you are going to die eventually, but I doubt that you will think that will be a fortunate day when it will happen.

[@Repugnantone]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Also, a necrophilliac is someone who gets sexually aroused by dead people or things. I do neither of these things.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@Repugnantone Necro means death, Philos love, and necrophiliacs are all that are aroused by death and destruction or pretend to be such because they think it is "cool" which probably is your case, some kid who plays video games and listens to music which I bet you think is suitable for such attitude and temperament. Is thanatophilla better? Thanatos is death and the rest, you know already... At least you have fund suitable pseudonym for youtube.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@Repugnantone And stop putting likes on your own comments, it is a very bad habit. Some might say, repugnant.

[@miketjdickey2954]

Thank you for that information that was great

[@helixreggae]

Regards, thank you

[@Luna_Plutosrepisal]

Anthon or anton.. U da best 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Piasecznik72]

@1:15 what a shameful picture of moon behind stars...

[@jan_phd]

How much copper does the spectrographic analysis report?

[@stargazer5784]

Typically, only volatiles are detected in the coma. They are composed of ices primarily and heavier elements, if present at all, would remain within the body of the nucleus. Interestingly though, some asteroids are thought to possibly be leftover cometary nuclei that have lost most of their volatiles. There are some that exhibit almost comet like activity during perihelion passages.

[@oldmechanic5744]

After 50,000 years he is more surprised than we are

[@aarthoor]

Hey Anton, did you ever do a video about Oumuamua?

[@sarathkumaraprematilake6067]

Sorry to here about your son, the same to me too. only my son passed away in Nov. 2022, and his birthday was 2nd March 1983.

[@john-or9cf]

Last prediction I saw was mag 6 - that’s not even close to the sky background in my area. Heck, Polaris is often hard to see! Damn!

[@RumoredAtmos]

meteor showers sound like a mailing system in a whide scheme of things

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Thanks Anton.

[@pebbleoverpond]

So have an invention but answer this does every reaction that have a reaction in the linear sense and if not linear does that geometry of the reaction that is not linear have control of the flow of that reaction?