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Comet ISON
« on: September 28, 2012, 10:42:35 PM »
I'm putting this one in my Google calendar so I don't forget about it. Apparently it's either going to be the brightest comet ever seen, a dud, or something in-between. :)

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2012/09/a-newly-discovered-comet-is-headed-our-way/
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2012, 11:42:30 PM »
Lucifer's Hammer! I'll be watching this one.
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2012, 12:24:54 AM »
It looks like the Mayans were off by a year.  That's going to throw a monkey wrench into all the conspiracy theories.
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2012, 03:05:45 AM »
every comet is a dud, Haley was a dud, Hale-bop or whatever it was called, that one in 97 or 98.... I'm not even getting out of bed ...I expect to be to tired because all the electricity will be off due to the EMP apocalypse of the winter of 2012/2013...
I'll be to tired because we will all be riding bikes and farming to eat
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2012, 10:36:38 AM »
If it's going to be viewable in daylight, it has to be pretty close. Lucifer's Hammer was viewable in daylight too. :O
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2012, 10:49:44 AM »
While I was aware the atmosphere interferes with astronomical viewing, it was really brought home seeing Hale-Bopp's tail appear roughly five times longer in rural, high elevation, Idaho than in coastal Southern California. 

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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2012, 12:50:04 PM »
Hyakutake (sp?), though less well known and a year earlier than Hale-Bop, was actually more spectacular for me. Some friends and I went on a high country backpacking trip to view it when it was at its brightest. I remember waking up at least a half dozen times each night just to stare at it.
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2012, 01:17:31 PM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on September 28, 2012, 11:42:30 PM
Lucifer's Hammer! I'll be watching this one.
I didn't spot a prediction for the closest point of approach.  Did anyone else?  Paging Tim Hamner, Tim Hamner, please pick up the white courtesy phone...
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #8 on: September 29, 2012, 05:35:57 PM »
So I guess I should clean my sinks next year  :lol:
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2012, 06:10:46 PM »
Quote from: Hutch on September 29, 2012, 01:17:31 PM
I didn't spot a prediction for the closest point of approach.  Did anyone else?  Paging Tim Hamner, Tim Hamner, please pick up the white courtesy phone...

Near the end of the article they said it would get within about 800,000 miles of Earth.
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #10 on: September 29, 2012, 06:19:45 PM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on September 29, 2012, 06:10:46 PM
Near the end of the article they said it would get within about 800,000 miles of Earth.

That's pretty dang close, actually - a bit more than three times the distance to the moon.

I hope they got their math right ...  =|
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #11 on: September 29, 2012, 07:28:45 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on September 29, 2012, 06:19:45 PM
That's pretty dang close, actually - a bit more than three times the distance to the moon.

I hope they got their math right ...  =|

Actually, I lied. =|  What it says is
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But as it proceeds through its orbit and reaches its perihelion, its closest point to the sun (a distance of 800,000 miles) on November 28th, 2013, it could be bright enough to be visible in full daylight in the Northern Hemisphere, perhaps even as bright as a full moon.

It still might be a good idea to divest yourself of any holdings in the San Joaquin Valley and coastal California.  ;)
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I already have canned butter, buying more. Canned blueberries, some pancake making dry goods and the end of the world is gonna be delicious.  -French G

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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2012, 10:09:34 PM »
We are doomed, the EMP apocalypse will happen between dec 2012 and feb 2013, all the computers and sattelites  will be fried
and only old fashioned guys with slide rules and telescopes will be able to tell when it will hit us, but they will be silenced by the zombie theocracy.
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Quote from: RevDisk on April 06, 2012, 10:15:08 AM
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2012, 05:59:11 AM »
Quote from: gunsmith on September 29, 2012, 10:09:34 PM
We are doomed, the EMP apocalypse will happen between dec 2012 and feb 2013, all the computers and sattelites  will be fried
and only old fashioned guys with slide rules and telescopes will be able to tell when it will hit us, but they will be silenced by the zombie theocracy.

You bucking for a Hollywood writer's job or just Obama's next National Security Adviser?  :P
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2012, 12:39:43 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on September 30, 2012, 08:52:49 AM
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2012, 02:17:57 PM »
Quote from: RocketMan on September 29, 2012, 12:24:54 AM
It looks like the Mayans were off by a year.  That's going to throw a monkey wrench into all the conspiracy theories.

heh!  Comet Elenin was pretty much a bust for the conspiracy theorists.
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2012, 10:18:28 PM »
Quote from: Sergeant Bob on September 29, 2012, 07:28:45 PM
Actually, I lied. =|  What it says is
It still might be a good idea to divest yourself of any holdings in the San Joaquin Valley and coastal California.  ;)
So, no good estimate of CPA?  I really don't want to see Hot Fudge Tuesdae...
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Re: Comet ISON
« Reply #18 on: October 01, 2012, 11:26:10 AM »
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