EarthSky News - Sept 19 - Binocular Comet, Best Wildlife Photos

September 19 Binocular Comet, Best Wildlife Photos by:

How to see binocular comet C/2017 O1 This long-period comet - a visitor from the Oort Cloud - is becoming visible in small telescopes and binoculars. This post includes charts that can help you find it. Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 The Natural History Museum in London kindly released the 13 finalist images for its 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, in advance of October's announcement of the winners. Which one would you choose? Day and night exactly equal at the equinoxes? The equinox happens this Friday at 20:02 UTC (3:02 p.m. CDT). The word equinox means equal night. Are day and night exactly equal Friday? Year's fastest sunsets around equinoxes We're talking about the actual rate at which the sun sinks below the horizon. It's faster around now than at any other time of year. Here's why.

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How to see binocular comet C/2017 O1 Greg Hogan in Kathleen, Georgia caught Comet C/2017 O1 (also known as ASASSN1) Monday morning near the famous Pleiades or Seven Sisters star cluster. Thanks, Greg!

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 This is one of the 13 finalist photos, by David Lloyd, taken at Kenya's Maasai Mara National Reserve. This female elephant was probably the matriarch, and she looked straight at him. Her gaze was, he says, full of respect and intelligence – the essence of sentience.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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