A recent and still current Kos diary urges us to check out Comet NEOWISE, a very big comet, visible to the naked eye, that is now decorating the NW sky after sunset.
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Here in east Virginia where the Potomac River joins the Chesapeake Bay I am blessed with very dark skies. The comet becomes visible around 9:20 PM with binoculars and by 10:00 PM it is naked-eye visible.
NEOWISE last appeared about 6,800 years ago and will not be back for another 6,800 years.
In addition to putting on a spectacular cosmic show, NEOWISE brings good news for the nation suffering under Trump. You see, in the Chinese scheme of things, rulers ruled because of the Mandate of Heaven — 天命 — Heaven’s Will. When, in the view of Heaven, a ruler became unfit to rule, the Mandate of Heaven was withdrawn, the ruler and his dynasty collapsed, and a new, wise, competent ruler emerged.
The appearance of a huge, readily visible comet was believed to portend the withdrawal of the Mandate of Heaven from the current ruler. In fact, the collapse of three Chinese dynasties occurred about the same time as the appearance of a comet.
Has Trump lost the Mandate of Heaven? Is this why Heaven sent Comet NEOWISE (C2020/F3)?
Remember too, Chinese dynastic change often was accompanied by the chopping off of heads.
Just saying.
Here’s what it looked like tonight around 9:50 PM — no fancy phtography — Canon EOS Xsi, a cheap 200-400mm telephoto lens, Manfroto tripod, no idea what the exposure was — I focused on the comet, pressed the shutter release and waited for the camera to end the exposure — took several seconds.