Astronomical events February 2023 – National Geographic in Spanish

The prehistoric comet C/2022 E3 will kick off astronomical events in February 2023. Here we tell you how and when to see it over the course of the month.

January started the year with a vault full of nocturnal natural phenomena. For the second month, the heavenly landscape seemed to take a break. Although they will already be less, this does not mean that the astronomical events of February 2023 are less noticeable. Here we tell you When will they beAnd Why are views so rare? in the sky and What is the best way to monitor it.

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Seeing Comet C/2022 E3 (February 1)

The last time the starry sky saw the C2022 suspension pass (ZTF) At the height of the Paleolithic era. Around the same time, humans were already making statues that represented Goddess of fertilityand organize it First family dinner About controlled fires.

In other words, this celestial body has not “visited” the solar system since Homo sapiens They faced the last ice age. After thousands of years, see this comet It will star in astronomical events in February 2023. If we were in a more visible location, with little visual interference, the celestial body would have been seen moving in a northeasterly direction throughout January 2023.

according to ContainerAlthough the brightness of comets is almost unpredictable, there is a good chance that you can see it with the naked eye. In particular, when you reach perihelion, the point closest to Earth, On February 1 and 2 this year.

Learn more about the phenomenon: What do we know about C/2022 E3 (ZTF), the millennial comet visible to the naked eye in January

Snow Moon (February 5)

Among the astronomical events in February 2023, Snow Moon cannot be ruled out: The second full moon of the year. According to Lydia Leija, social editor at National Geographic in Spanish“February is marked by the universe One of the coldest months of the year And the month in which more snow falls.”

Therefore, the moon represents the snow All weather season. The first countries in the United States and Canada knew it as the “Hunger Moon” documents. SeaSkyBecause of the scarcity of resources in this last part of the winter.

Given the right weather conditions, Snow Moon 2023 could gain a Copper, red or even purple color. However, according to NASA accountsHe won’t be Supermon yet. We’ll have to wait until summer, when it parades across the sky for the first time.

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New Moon (February 20)

Since Earth’s only natural satellite will be cloaked by our planet, it will not be able to reflect light from the Sun, and therefore will not be visible in the night sky by the third week of February. So, doc SeaSky, that day would be “the best time of the month to observe dim objects such as galaxies and star clusters because there is no interfering moonlight.” Just If light pollution is allowedClear.

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