墨西哥上空的新彗星 SWAN 25 B
New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico

來源:Daniel Korona|發表日期:2025-09-16
用雙筒望遠鏡已經可以看到一顆新發現的彗星。這顆彗星名為C/ 2025 R 2 (SWAN),暱稱為SWAN 25 B,當它從太陽的方向出現時,亮度明顯增加,可能很快就能在智慧手機上看到--如果你的眼睛看不到的話。雖然彗星的亮度很難預測,但許多彗星在接近地球時會變得更亮,SWAN 25 B 在 10 月 19 日附近僅達到地球-太陽距離的四分之一。 10 月 5 日前後,當我們的地球穿過 SWAN 25 B 彗星的軌道平面時,夜間觀星者還將看到一場由 SWAN 25 B 引發的流星雨。這顆出乎意料的明亮彗星是一位業餘天文學家在美國宇航局 SOHO 衛星上的 SWAN 儀器拍攝的影像中發現的。 這顆彗星目前在南部天空觀測效果最佳,但正在緩慢向北移動。 這張照片是三天前日落時分在墨西哥薩卡特卡斯西部地平線上方拍攝的。
原文:A newly discovered comet is already visible with binoculars. The comet, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and nicknamed SWAN25B, is brightening significantly as it emerges from the Sun's direction and might soon become visible on your smartphone -- if not your eyes. Although the brightnesses of comets are notoriously hard to predict, many comets appear brighter as they approach the Earth, with SWAN25B reaching only a quarter of the Earth-Sun distance near October 19. Nighttime skygazers will also be watching for a SWAN25B-spawned meteor shower around October 5 when our Earth passes through the plane of the comet's orbit. The unexpectedly bright comet was discovered by an amateur astronomer in images of the SWAN instrument on NASA's SOHO satellite. The comet is currently best observed in southern skies but is slowly moving north. The featured image was captured at sunset three days ago just above the western horizon in Zacatecas, Mexico.
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