A comet in the region’s sky

2023-09-13 09:24:00

Comet Nishimura immortalized from the summit of Chasseral. Visible for only a few minutes this weekend, the comet was photographed by Michel Willemin on Sunday morning around 5:30 a.m. A photo shared to RJB by the photographer.

The event is rare: discovered a little over a month ago by Japanese astronomer Hideo Nishimura, this comet approaches Earth approximately every 434 years. Its last passage near our planet is estimated at 1588. /the

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