{"677612":{"#nid":"677612","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Here\u0027s When to View Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Over Georgia, Metro Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20, you\u0027ll be able to see a rare comet in the sky each evening above north Georgia. Comet C\/2023 A3, known as\u0026nbsp;Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be visible about 30 minutes after sunset and can be seen in the western sky. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wray-dr-james\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, discusses his research on the comet and the Oort Cloud. \u0026nbsp;\u0022The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space,\u0022 Wray says. \u0022The spherical shell known as the Oort Cloud is, for all practical purposes, invisible.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThrough the weekend of Saturday, Oct. 19, and Sunday, Oct. 20, you\u0027ll be able to see a rare comet in the sky each evening above north Georgia. Comet C\/2023 A3, known as\u0026nbsp;Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, will be visible about 30 minutes after sunset and can be seen in the western sky. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/wray-dr-james\u0022\u003EJames Wray\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, discusses his research on the comet and the Oort Cloud. \u0026nbsp;\u0022The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space,\u0022 Wray says. \u0022The spherical shell known as the Oort Cloud is, for all practical purposes, invisible.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-10-16 13:28:01","changed_gmt":"2024-10-16 13:28:01","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11Alive WXIA","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/tech\/science\/how-to-see-comet-tsuchinshan-atlas\/85-46d950a8-dc25-4aae-9f59-8934e04e4a2b","dateline":{"date":"2024-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-10-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"194023","name":"oort cloud"},{"id":"194024","name":"comets"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}