Old article but is everyone ready. I bet there will be millions if not billions of photographs and videos of this one.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...jan_cometison/
Old article but is everyone ready. I bet there will be millions if not billions of photographs and videos of this one.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...jan_cometison/
Last edited by KG4CGC; 11-30-2013 at 03:41 PM.
I am looking forward to this. After the disappointment of Kohoutek in '73 and Halley's Comet in '86, I've been hoping for a really good celestial display.
On edit: Looks like I may have to wait a bit longer:
"Stargazers were initially very excited when astronomers calculated the comet’s orbit and they realized it would be skimming the sun’s surface by only 700,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers) on November 28, 2013. But continual observations by both professional and amateur telescopes, including Hubble, have since shown that the comet has not brightened as expected."
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic....pop-or-fizzle/
Last edited by NQ6U; 08-04-2013 at 01:07 AM.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
When the last one, 1999, 2000? Small but visible and most interesting to a certain group. A good pair of binoculars revealed quit a bit about that comet which most people are not willing to admit they saw.
It was actually the "mother ship" ??Originally Posted by KG4CGC
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Hale-Bopp was pretty cool. Looking forward to the new one.
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Hale-Bopp put on a spectacular display in the glare of sunset. Touted as a once in a lifetime event it will probably remain so.
That name is hauntingly familiar............
Well they've got a new dance and it goes like this
(Hale boppa, hale boppa shoo boppa)
Yeah the name of the dance is Peppermint Twist
(Hale boppa, hale boppa shoo boppa)
Well you like it like this, the Peppermint Twist
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... a week. Some years it almost looks and sounds like a fireworks show.
Top 10 Perseid Meteor Shower Facts
While April’s Lyrids and November’s Leonids are also brought by comets, the Perseids are arguably the best. Not only are there more meteors per hour, but August’s meteor shower also boasts the most fireballs of any other shower per year.
The Los Angeles Times notes that Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, recently crowned the Perseids the fireball champion of meteor showers. Cooke and his team tracked fireball activity since 2008 and discovered that Perseid meteors shine brighter than any other annual shower, though the Geminids come in close second.
The magnitude of the show is likely because Swift-Tuttle has a larger than average nucleus, which is about 16 miles across. While the shower is expected to peak on August 11-12, the Perseids can actually be seen from July 17 until August 24, though the days before the peak will be better than those after.
Perseid Meteor Shower Underway, Peaks Next Week
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I have yet to see a single meteor shower in my life. Over the last decade or so, it has always been overcast and/or raining during these events. Next week's event is shaping up to be similar. The 12th is forecast to be cloudy with a 60% chance of rain.
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What if this comet is the one that hits the sun and knocks it out?
In that case, now is the time to figure out a way to give up your virginity. QUICK!
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