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Comet SWAN (other)
Comet SWAN most often refers to: * C/2020 F8 (SWAN), a comet visible from Earth in 2020 It may also refer to other comets named for the SWAN (instrument), SWAN instrument: * C/2006 M4 (SWAN) * C/2009 F6, Comet Yi-SWAN * C/2012 E2 (SWAN), C/2012 E2 * C/2015 F3 * C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XingMing) * 273P/Pons-Gambart, recovered in SWAN data in November 2012 and temporarily thought to be a new discovery until orbital calculations revealed it to be a comet last seen in 1827 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
C/2020 F8 (SWAN), or Comet SWAN, is an Oort cloud comet that was discovered in images taken by the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) camera on March 25, 2020, aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Solar Heliospheric Observer (SOHO) spacecraft. In the glare of twilight, Comet SWAN is difficult to find with Binoculars#Objective_diameter, 50mm binoculars even though it is still near the theoretical range of naked eye visibility. The comet has dimmed since May 3. As of perihelion, the comet is very diffuse, does not have a visible Comet nucleus, nucleus and is not a comet that will be noticed by inexperienced observers. It is likely that the comet disintegrated. Observing On April 28, 2020 it had an apparent magnitude of 7 and was too diffuse to be visible to the naked eye even from a dark site. The comet was also hidden by the glare of twilight, zodiacal light and atmospheric extinction. It was originally best seen from the Southern hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere. It was ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
