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Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon

1 posted on 09/26/2012 6:29:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m hoping for a good comet.


2 posted on 09/26/2012 6:31:28 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: SunkenCiv

That would be amazing!
I saw Halley Bop in zero light pollution in the desert at Ft Irwin.

I filmed it with night vision which increased the length of the tail 5 fold.

Then the unexpected happened.
I caught a shooting star bisecting the tail!

To bad it’s on VHS C


10 posted on 09/26/2012 6:45:33 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’ll be interesting to see what happens when it gets that close to the sun


11 posted on 09/26/2012 6:47:20 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: SunkenCiv
Am starting to be sorry for astronomers. Doesn't their necks hurt looking up all the time? Anyways, Thanks for the heads up.
13 posted on 09/26/2012 6:53:01 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


14 posted on 09/26/2012 6:55:47 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe it’s actually......Planet X.


16 posted on 09/26/2012 6:58:10 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I may hit the lotto.


18 posted on 09/26/2012 7:01:06 PM PDT by 23 Everest (When seconds count. The police are just 23 minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
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To: SunkenCiv
Is it accepting passengers?


21 posted on 09/26/2012 7:04:12 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wormwood?


23 posted on 09/26/2012 7:05:09 PM PDT by Tuanedge (Tigers don't eat horns.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wormwood?


26 posted on 09/26/2012 7:08:14 PM PDT by Tuanedge (Tigers don't eat horns.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t tease me. I still have not recovered from the disappointment of Kohoutek.


46 posted on 09/26/2012 7:55:47 PM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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49 posted on 09/26/2012 8:01:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SunkenCiv; a fool in paradise; Slings and Arrows
I thought they wuz dead!


50 posted on 09/26/2012 8:04:16 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong!)
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To: SunkenCiv
I remember the run up to Kohoutek, its was going to be the Comet of the century, outshine Haley in 1910...but it was just a chunk of mud.

I like comets but seeing is believing.

54 posted on 09/26/2012 8:12:23 PM PDT by montanajoe (Blame Flame Shame or Beg I won't vote for R/R)
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To: SunkenCiv
my apology SunkenCiv. Have gone and went off topic. my apology.
55 posted on 09/26/2012 8:13:19 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Is a *spotted comet* more rare than a spotted owl? Should it be protected?

I'd like to apply for a government grant to study this. :_)


59 posted on 09/26/2012 8:27:20 PM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: ClearBlueSky

PING to you, you’ll want to see this.


61 posted on 09/26/2012 8:52:56 PM PDT by Shadowstrike (Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Placemark.


63 posted on 09/26/2012 9:02:30 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: SunkenCiv

Not likely.

An object 50 million miles away that’s 0.3% of the moon’s diameter?


66 posted on 09/26/2012 9:53:58 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: SunkenCiv

the closest approach happens in Nov-Dec 2013, but the whole tone of the article seems to imply that the closest approach is just around the corner, and we should start staring now.


69 posted on 09/27/2012 6:44:38 AM PDT by fnord (freedom is scary to some, especially other people's)
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