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#3869014 - 11/29/13 12:30 AM Comet Ison Doesn't make it  
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Disappointing, it was going to be as bright as the full Moon, but never made it past perihelion.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/hea...6-1226771134830

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/193909261.html

Last edited by Mad Max; 11/29/13 12:32 AM. Reason: linkie

"You'll never take me alive" said he,
And his ghost may be heard if you pass by that billabong
"Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?"



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#3869016 - 11/29/13 12:43 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Ah well. Guess we'll have to wait for the next big comet to come by!

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#3869019 - 11/29/13 01:15 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Bummer! frown

Been looking forward to it for months.


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#3869031 - 11/29/13 02:05 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Yes, a disappointment, but be consoled:

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#3869061 - 11/29/13 04:31 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Behold, the power of the sun. RIP frown

#3869083 - 11/29/13 06:13 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Might still be a show yet, starting to backtrack.

#3869086 - 11/29/13 06:22 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Anybody ever read "Lucifers Hammer" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Hammer

Be afraid, be very afraid.

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And his ghost may be heard if you pass by that billabong
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#3869121 - 11/29/13 10:38 AM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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I'm confused: does this sign mean that I should now invade England, or better not?! Oh William, Halley made it sooo easy for you....

confused biggrin


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#3869135 - 11/29/13 12:15 PM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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It seem it's still alive.

http://soho.esac.esa.int/hotshots/index.html/

Watch the blue video as it's further out.

#3869195 - 11/29/13 03:54 PM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Jayhawk]  
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Originally Posted By: Jayhawk
I'm confused: does this sign mean that I should now invade England, or better not?! Oh William, Halley made it sooo easy for you....

confused biggrin
lol. Nicely played.


“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#3869202 - 11/29/13 04:15 PM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Originally Posted By: EAF331 MadDog
It seem it's still alive.

http://soho.esac.esa.int/hotshots/index.html/

Watch the blue video as it's further out.


That link was slow for me, try this one:

http://sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/...amp;Detector=C3

Boy, that's quite an active sun. Comet was vaped, but
seems to be attempting a comeback. I guess we'll see tonight,
for those living in non-overcast climates.

#3869301 - 11/29/13 09:29 PM Re: Comet Ison Doesn't make it [Re: Mad Max]  
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Not tonight; tonight is too early. Wait a day or so for it to get away from the sun. It's only a couple degrees away right now.


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