"Maybe it can be seen with the naked eye?" Comet Shijinzan/Atlas (C/2023 A3) is a hot topic, and we will be live streaming it with live commentary from comet experts and researchers. In addition to footage from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mitaka campus, we will also be delivering footage from Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory. ▶︎Scheduled broadcastTuesday, October 15, 2024 18:00 - 19:3017:30 - 18:00: Preparation broadcast18:00 - 19:00: Live commentary by a comet expert and the view of Shijinzan and Comet Atlas from Mitaka19:00 - 19:30: View of Shijinzan and Comet Atlas from Ishigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryEnds around 19:30 (the time may vary) ▶︎Featured commentary by Watanabe Junichi (Senior Professor / Solar System Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory) Moderator Yamaoka Hitoshi (Associate Professor, National Astronomical Observatory) ▶︎In case of bad weather (we plan to hold a preparation broadcast in any case) ・If Mitaka has bad weather and Ishigakijima has good weather 18:00 - 19:00: In addition to an expert's commentary on the comet, we will also provide you with pre-photographed footage of the comet. 19:00-19:30: We will show you the appearance of Comet Shikinzan-Atlas from Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory. Around 19:30 Program ends - In case of good weather in Mitaka and bad weather in Ishigakijima 18:00-19:00: We will show you a live commentary by a comet expert and the appearance of Comet Shikinzan-Atlas from Mitaka. Around 19:00 Program ends - In case of bad weather in both Mitaka and Ishigakijima 18:00-19:00: In addition to an explanation of the comet by an expert, we will show you the appearance of the comet photographed in advance. Around 19:00 Program ends ▶︎About Comet Shikinzan-Atlas This is a comet discovered in January 2023. When it was first discovered, it was expected to be a very bright comet, but the condition of the comet has changed, and although it will not reach the brightness initially expected, it is expected to appear in the low western sky after sunset from mid-October 2024 onwards. For details on Shijinshan and Atlas Comet, please see the following page. ・(Explanation) A chance to observe Shijinshan and Atlas Comet https://www.nao.ac.jp/astro/sky/2024/... ▶︎For media organizations You are free to use the footage from this live stream. When using it, please include the credit "National Astronomical Observatory of Japan". ▶︎Information・The Shijinshan and Atlas Comet in the background of the thumbnail image was taken at dawn on October 2, 2024. The direction and appearance will differ depending on the date and time of this stream. ・A recording will be available to watch after the live stream ends. ・Due to weather, equipment, network, etc., this stream may be canceled, interrupted, or changed without notice. Please note in advance. This live stream is provided by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Astronomical Information Center. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ National Astronomical Observatory https://www.nao.ac.jp/ National Astronomical Observatory X-account (old Twitter) / prcnaoj Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory https://murikabushi.jp/ Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory X-account (old Twitter) / ishasto_naoj ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #Comet #National Astronomical Observatory #Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory