{"id":29967,"date":"2024-10-12T08:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T18:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29967"},"modified":"2024-10-12T08:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T18:36:57","slug":"first-glimpse-of-an-evening-comet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29967","title":{"rendered":"First Glimpse of an Evening Comet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Made my first attempt at comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS) in the evening sky. I knew it would probably not be spectacular just yet, still low and lost in the glow, but it is there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comet was a binocular object only, just visible quite low in the golden sunset glow.  A weather system passing the islands brought bands of cirrus to complicate the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this quick attempt I headed for the dry forest and wiliwili trees along Waikoloa Road just outside the village.  A pretty evening even if the comet was not at its best just yet.  Another attempt is planned for this evening if the clouds hold off, the comet should be 5\u00b0 higher against that dark blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it is there in the photo.  Lost in the golden glow low and just left of center&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29966\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CL58-28-24286-DC.jpg\" alt=\"Comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS) in the evening sky on October 11th, 2024\" class=\"wp-image-29966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CL58-28-24286-DC.jpg 900w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CL58-28-24286-DC-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS) in the evening sky on October 11th, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made my first attempt at comet C\/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan\u2013ATLAS) in the evening sky. I knew it would probably not be spectacular just yet, still low and lost in the glow, but it is there. The comet was a binocular object only, just visible quite low in the golden sunset glow. A weather system passing the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?p=29967\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First Glimpse of an Evening Comet&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[337],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CL58-28-24286-DC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29974,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29967\/revisions\/29974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}