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Dirty Snowball Comet Flys Over Tampa Bay

Author Keith Connors
January 30th 4:30 AM

Dirty snowball comet flys over Tampa Bay. A comet is making its way back to Earth after 50,000 years, according to NASA. This “dirty snowball” last visited during Neanderthal times and will come within 26 million miles of Earth on Wednesday before speeding away again. Unlikely to return for millions of years, skygazers are encouraged to look up and catch a glimpse of the comet. I use my StarGazer App. It works great!

Discovered less than a year ago, this harmless green comet is already visible in the northern night sky with binoculars and small telescopes, and possibly even the naked eye in the darkest corners of the Northern Hemisphere. It is expected to brighten as it draws closer and rises higher over the horizon through the end of January, best seen in the predawn hours. By Feb. 10, it will be near Mars. Skygazers in the Southern Hemisphere will have to wait until next month to catch a glimpse.

According to NASA’s comet and asteroid tracking guru, Paul Chodas, “This one seems probably a little bit bigger and therefore a little bit brighter and it’s coming a little bit closer to the Earth’s orbit.” The comet is green due to the carbon in the gas cloud, or coma, surrounding its nucleus. It was officially named comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after it was discovered last March by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility, a wide field camera at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory.

On Wednesday, the comet will hurtle between Earth and Mars at a relative speed of 128,500 mph. Its nucleus is thought to be about a mile across, with tails extending millions of miles. While not expected to be as bright as Neowise in 2020, or Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake in the mid-to-late 1990s, the University of Hawaii astronomer Karen Meech said in an email that “it will be bright by virtue of its close Earth passage…which allows scientists to do more experiments and the public to be able to see a beautiful comet.” So don’t miss your chance to catch a glimpse of this rare and spectacular dirty snowball comet in the night sky. TBT

50 High-Paying Tampa Bay Jobs That Don't Require College Degree

50 high-paying Tampa Bay jobs that don’t require a College Degree. All the kids in High School hear it over and over and over again. Get a degree to get a good gig. Right? Well, our friends at Stacker went to the Labor Stats folks to put together a nice list of high-paying Tampa Bay jobs that do not require a college degree. We can start with Radio DJ, right? Check it out…

  • 50. First-line supervisors of gambling services workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $54,860

  • 49. Correctional officers and jailers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $54,940

  • 48. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $55,060

  • 47. Industrial machinery mechanics

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $55,080

  • 46. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $55,100

  • 45. Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $56,340

  • 44. Private detectives and investigators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $56,630

  • 43. Riggers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $56,950

  • 42. Sound engineering technicians

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $57,000

  • 41. Occupational health and safety technicians

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $57,270

  • 40. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $57,340

  • 39. Real estate sales agents

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $57,750

  • 38. Chefs and head cooks

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $58,180

  • 37. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $58,440

  • 36. Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $60,100

  • 35. Construction and building inspectors

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $60,320

  • 34. Insurance sales agents

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $60,690

  • 33. Crane and tower operators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $60,850

  • 32. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $61,100

  • 31. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $61,130

  • 30. Property, real estate, and community association managers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $61,430

  • 29. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $63,440

  • 28. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $64,290

  • 27. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $64,460

  • 26. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $67,200

  • 24 (tie). Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $67,280

  • 24 (tie). Insurance appraisers, auto damage

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $67,280

  • 23. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $69,010

  • 22. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $69,020

  • 21. Food service managers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $71,330

  • 20. Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $71,740

  • 19. Flight attendants

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $72,130

  • 18. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $72,790

  • 17. Fire inspectors and investigators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $72,830

  • 16. Umpires, referees, and other sports officials

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $73,600

  • 15. Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $74,090

  • 14. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $74,430

  • 13. Power distributors and dispatchers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $77,550

  • 12. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $79,040

  • 11. Ship engineers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $82,480

  • 10. Detectives and criminal investigators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $85,460

  • 9. Power plant operators

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $86,510

  • 8. Lodging managers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $91,950

  • 7. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $93,070

  • 6. Transportation inspectors

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $93,120

  • 5. Postmasters and mail superintendents

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $97,930

  • 4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $99,070

  • 3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $99,470

  • 2. Commercial pilots

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $113,940

  • 1. Athletes and sports competitors

    Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
    – Annual mean salary: $141,900

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