New Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon by Giuseppe Pappa

Long-period comet C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) was discovered on April 23, 2023, as part of a star survey conducted with the telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory. The comet has an elongated orbit with an eccentricity close to unity. At perihelion it approaches the Sun at a distance of AU. e., at aphelion it moves away from it at a distance of 490.7 a. e. With the size of the semi-major axis of the orbit 245.8 a. That is, the comet’s orbital period around the Sun is about 3850 years. The last perihelion passage took place on October 29, 2023. After comet C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) passes perihelion on the night of November 10-11 universal time, it will approach the Earth at a distance of about 29 million km. At this moment, the comet will be in the constellation Hercules, which will be located quite high above the horizon in the western part of the night sky. Info by Wkipedia: (Lemmon) Camera by Giuseppe Pappa Source link: Music by Carry Kaeterry @carrykaeterry Track «Dragonfly» Bandcamp: Video editing by pictuREflection @pictuREflection #comet #C2023H2Lemmon #astrophotography #music #astronomy