Dusk Comet Nishimura, Taken by Petr Horalek on September 17, 2023 @ Lysa Mount, Sabinov, Slovakia
Comet Nishimura survived it’s hairpin turn around the Sun.
SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: September 18, 2023
SOME COMETS LIKE IT HOT: Yesterday, Sept. 17th, Comet Nishimura (C/2023 P1) made a close approach to the sun deep inside the orbit of Mercury (0.22 AU). The comet survived. Petr Horalek photographed it emerging intact from Mount Lysa in Sabinov, Slovakia:
