{"id":2617,"date":"2016-09-22T21:06:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astronom.cz\/horalek\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2016-09-22T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:52:08","slug":"the-green-nomad-rises-with-current-and-future-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petrhoralek.com\/?p=2617","title":{"rendered":"Green nomad rises, with current and future giants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The green nomad rises, with current and future giants<\/p><\/div>\n

In late March 2016, the green comet 252P LINEAR<\/a> and its fragment P\/2016 BA14 made fifth closest approach to Earth<\/a> of all comets in history. Even if the comet itself was not such bright to make the people easily enjoy it – due to its nucleus’ diameter – it brought a wonderful composition<\/a> with the objects around the center of the Milky Way. One of those spectacular views I was able to capture on 2nd April, 2016, staying on the road behind the main entrance building<\/a> of ESO’s Paranal Observatory<\/a>. This spot, with perfect conditions, allowed me to capture the green comet like a fuzzy nebula just above the horizon of Chilean Andes<\/a>. Apart from the comet and diverse colors<\/a> of airglow<\/a>, you can see rich structures of interstellar matter<\/a> in the central Milky Way<\/a>, many emission nebulae<\/a> and two planets. The “whiter” one close to the center of the panorama is planetary giant Saturn<\/a>. Just above it, you can notice two bright orange objects – planet Mars<\/a> on left and starry giant Antares<\/a> of the constellation Scorpius<\/a>. Speaking about giants, one more is not quite on the image yet: If you focus on the horizon, on the left is very well known Cerro Armazones<\/a> peak, the home of the European-Extremely Large Telescope<\/a>, the future giant among telescopes. Used Canon 6D Baader IR modified, Canon 50 mm, f2.0, ISO 8000, 13×10 seconds panorama in two rows from tripod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In late March 2016, the green comet 252P LINEAR and its fragment P\/2016 BA14 made fifth closest approach to Earth of all comets in history. Even if the comet itself was not such bright to make the people easily enjoy it – due to its nucleus’ diameter – it brought a wonderful composition with the…
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