25/10/2024
So, after another longer than wanted FB pause, here's another little post to illustrate something that sadly, lots of people I know simply couldn't enjoy given the meteorological conditions. The (C/2023 A3) comet.
Having failed to see it early morning early in October in Spain, before before it swung around the sun, I was delighted to hear that it had survived its pass and was visible again early evenings from 11th October onwards.
I was with the first of two groups looking for Iberian lynx in southern Spain on 11th and 12th, but the weather was against us... The group left Seville airport and just might have been lucky to see it half way through their flight home as the remant sunlight gave way to darkness, but it was not to be... But the second group, having come in on the same flight saw me jumping up and down and gesticulating to them as they headed towards dinner in that same evening...
I sincerely hope that you saw it, but if not, I still hope that you like these (modest) photos! (It was fantastic!).
BTW, if you didn't hear about it, please don't wait for it to come back, as 80k years is a rather long time!!!