NATURE MONCTON NATURE NEWS
Jan 22, 2023
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**Susan
Atkinson shares some very interesting information she came across regarding a
major achievement for the Town of Sackville.
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**On Saturday afternoon Brian Stone visited Irishtown Nature Park for a
short walk in the new, fresh snow. The scenery was excellent with snow covered
trees and trails. Alongside the trails snowballs pushed over by the plows
rolled down the banks making dotted trails. Wildlife was scarce though and all
that managed to get photographed were Red-breasted Nuthatches and Black-capped
Chickadees. Some interesting tree fungus was coating an old trunk to a
large extent.
**Early on
Sunday morning ... at 1:30 am ... Brian Stone drove out to a dark area on the
Indian Mountain Rd. to view the new Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3). In the balmy
-11 deg. temperature and with unusually clear skies (considering the recent
weather) Brian managed to locate the comet in his binoculars and then attempt
to get a photograph. He struggled with frozen fingers to set up the camera and
get it pointed at the right spot in the sky but had difficulty getting a sharp
focus as it had to be done manually and the cold just made everything too
hard to get right. After 45 minutes of fiddling about Brian decided to be
satisfied with what he had and pack it in. It was worth all the suffering though
as after the comet passes out of visibility in a few weeks it will not be seen
again in quite a long time, if it ever does come back. Brian will try for
better images whenever the sky clears again if it ever does before the comet
leaves our neighborhood. Seeing a celestial visitor that will be seen by people
only once, and so briefly, is a joy and a privilege even if it means risking
frostbite and losing a bit of sleep. Learn all about this comet (dirty
snowball!) at the link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF)
Nelson Poirier
Nature
Moncton