Skip to comments.
Comet Holmes is Bigger than the Sun
Universe Today ^
| November 13th, 2007
| Fraser Cain
Posted on 11/14/2007 7:06:58 PM PST by annie laurie
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-42 next last
To: ForGod'sSake
21
posted on
11/15/2007 8:09:40 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: BenLurkin
22
posted on
11/15/2007 8:10:25 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Thursday, November 8, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: Species8472
The tail is not visible naked-eye.
For those trying to locate it, I find it easiest to use the two stars on the handle of the Little Dipper, including the North Star, as pointers toward the area of the comet to get you started. It is quite difficult to see, though it is “bright” because it is so very diffuse. It is nearly “straight up” about midnight...
Spaceweather.com has a pretty decent map.
23
posted on
11/15/2007 12:26:24 PM PST
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: SunkenCiv
Nice additions, Civ, thanks! :)
24
posted on
11/15/2007 8:08:41 PM PST
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: AFPhys
25
posted on
11/15/2007 8:22:38 PM PST
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: AFPhys
Almost directly above here at my latitude (61 degrees), now If I could only get another clear night.......
26
posted on
11/15/2007 10:32:30 PM PST
by
Species8472
(Politically motivated science is meaningless)
To: annie laurie
Comet Holmes (left) from the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Mauna
Kea showing the coma at 869,900 miles (1.4 million kilometers) in diameter. The white
''star'' near the center of the coma is in fact the dust-shrouded nucleus of the comet.The
sun and the planet Saturn are shown at the same scale for comparison. Credit:
University of Hawaii/CFHT (comet); NASA/Voyager (Saturn); NASA/ESA/SOHO (sun)
27
posted on
11/16/2007 7:06:37 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Allan
To: annie laurie
We are doomed. Bushes fault. Gore please save us.
29
posted on
11/16/2007 4:40:29 PM PST
by
myuhaul
To: annie laurie
Images on earlier thread.
30
posted on
11/16/2007 4:42:51 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Army Air Corps
Right next to Mirfak in Perseus.
31
posted on
11/16/2007 4:43:50 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Species8472
No tail. The object erupted for as yet unknown reason and the material forms a sphere around the nucleus.
32
posted on
11/16/2007 4:45:04 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: RightWhale
33
posted on
11/16/2007 5:50:59 PM PST
by
Species8472
(Politically motivated science is meaningless)
To: dead
I love the photographic sky-map ... very nicely done :)
Thanks, dead!
34
posted on
11/17/2007 11:18:10 AM PST
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: annie laurie
35
posted on
11/17/2007 11:19:41 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(This country is being destroyed by folks who could have never created it.)
To: isthisnickcool
i love the dirty conservative mind
36
posted on
11/17/2007 11:20:27 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(This country is being destroyed by folks who could have never created it.)
To: wardaddy
37
posted on
11/17/2007 11:22:15 AM PST
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: Species8472
The comet is fading. It was most impressive a couple weeks ago.
38
posted on
11/17/2007 11:26:28 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: RightWhale
It was most impressive a couple weeks ago Agree. I caught it briefly a couple of weeks ago, but here along Turnagain Arm we have had maybe 3 clear nights in the last month. It's that time of year.
39
posted on
11/17/2007 11:54:35 AM PST
by
Species8472
(Politically motivated science is meaningless)
To: Species8472
Same in Fairbanks except that pesky aurora washes out half the best skies which aren’t all that great anyway.
40
posted on
11/17/2007 12:43:11 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-42 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
