{"id":14323,"date":"2013-03-05T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T19:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=14323"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:38:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T23:38:56","slug":"institute-for-astronomy-holds-comet-viewing-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/institute-for-astronomy-holds-comet-viewing-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Institute for Astronomy holds comet-viewing event"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pan-starrs-viewing-hawaii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pan-starrs-viewing-hawaii.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii, PANSTARRS comet-viewing chart\" width=\"572\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pan-starrs-viewing-hawaii.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pan-starrs-viewing-hawaii-260x183.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute of Astronomy<\/a> at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa will hold a free comet-viewing event on Tuesday March 12, 6:30&#8211;7:30 p.m. at Magic Island&#8217;s picnic area 36. Stargazing will follow comet viewing.<\/p>\n<p> Comet PANSTARRS C\/2011 L4, discovered by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakal&#257; in June 2011, is expected to become visible to the naked eye in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in March. The comet is currently visible in the Southern Hemisphere, but is too far south to be seen in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Comet viewing tips for the month<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>From about March 7, the comet will appear above the horizon in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. To see it, you will need an unobstructed, cloudless view of the western horizon. It is best to pick a dark spot, away from streetlights. Look in the direction of the sunset just after the sun has gone down.  The comet will be just above the horizon.<\/li>\n<li>March 13 may be the best time to take an interesting picture of the comet because on that evening, it will appear just below the thin crescent moon.<\/li>\n<li>The twilight sky will make the comet much harder to see than if it were high up in a dark sky, and moonlight will interfere with viewing the comet after March 13. To see the comet&#8217;s tails, you may need a pair of binoculars.<\/li>\n<li>By the end of March, the comet will no longer be visible in the evening sky. However, if you get up early enough, you may be able to see it in the eastern sky just before sunrise. By then, the comet will be farther from both the sun and Earth, and will appear fainter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8212;<em>Adapted from a <a href=\"http:\/\/ifa.hawaii.edu\/info\/press-releases\/CometPANSTARRS\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Nicole Atienza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Astronomy will hold a free Comet PANSTARRS viewing event on Tuesday, March 12 at Magic Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,35,9],"class_list":["post-14323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-astronomy","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14323"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131521,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14323\/revisions\/131521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}