"Sealing observatory" The first Arab observatory to document the appearance of a comet "Swan25b"
Abu Dhabi, September 17 / WAM / The International Astronomy Center announced the discovery of a new and relatively shiny comet bearing the initial name “swan25b” and it was monitored through the pictures of the satellite “Soho” by the “SWAN” camera, where it can be seen now after sunset using a small telescope or endoscope in a prominent astronomical event that is expected to follow on the 5th of next October, “Dirt of meteors” as a result of the Earth’s passage through the orbit of the comet and etc. It carries it from dust.
The astronomical sealing observatory in the UAE was able to monitor the comet and photograph it a few hours after the announcement of its discovery, thus being the first Arab observatory to document its appearance despite the difficulty of monitoring due to its approach to the western horizon amid the twilight light, where it appeared with almost the seventh of the seventh.
Engineer Mohamed Shawkat, the director of the International Astronomy Center, explained that the comet reached the closest point of the sun on September 12, at a distance of 75 million kilometers and will approach the Earth on October 19 to become only 39 million kilometers, stressing that astronomers around the world are awaiting what may happen on October 5 when the Earth passes through the orbit of the comet, as this may lead to the emergence of a new meteor teach 22 thousand years to complete one course around the sun.
Those interested in monitoring astronomical phenomena can currently watch the comet on the western side after about 45 minutes of sunset near the Red Mars, where its height increases gradually, which facilitates its vision and the extent of its shine is currently about the eighth with a tail that extends between two degrees and five degrees.
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