Comet McNaught

Post by **Damelon** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:23 am

Looks like the brightest comet in 40 years can be seen in the southern hemisphere this week.

www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?stor ... 0005NI1GUC

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:48 am

thans for reminding me! I forgot all about it!

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:04 am

Not like you can see it...

(Not that I've seen it yet...been cloudy this week.

)

--A

Post by **Loredoctor** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:09 am

Avatar wrote:(Not that I've seen it yet...been cloudy this week. )

Maybe if you stopped smoking pot the smoke would clear!

I'm going outside at sunset and will take some pics!

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 8:22 am

Clouds of smoke huh?

Post them if you get them. Will try and do the same if the overcast clears.

--A

Post by **dlbpharmd** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:38 pm

Will this be visible again in the Northern Hemisphere? I hate that I missed it.

Post by **Damelon** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:58 pm

I think we had our chance earlier in the week. Once the comet rounded the sun, it is only visible in the southern hemisphere.

Damn, I'm usually up on this type of thing, but I didn't learn about it until a friend sent an email last night on it.

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:29 pm

dlbpharmd wrote:Will this be visible again in the Northern Hemisphere? I hate that I missed it.

Yeah....we had it last week..unfortunately it was freakin' cloudy every day last week in neck of the woods.

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:08 am

Here too so far unfortunately. Big storms rolling in every evening just before sunset.

--A

Post by **Trapper** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:26 pm

Thunderstorms around here at sunset the last few days (thankfully, as it has been stinking hot and we need the rain to put out the bushfires). Hilly too, so it would have taken an expedition.

Meh, I'm still a bit miffed at comets after getting burned by Halleys in '86.

Post by **Damelon** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:34 pm

Comet Hyakutake, in 1996, was the most impressive comet I saw. It seemed to stretch across 1/4 of the sky.

Post by **Trapper** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:30 pm

Damelon wrote:Comet Hyakutake, in 1996, was the most impressive comet I saw. It seemed to stretch across 1/4 of the sky.

That's really depressing Damelon.

I had to look slightly away from Halley's comet to even see it. We don't even get to see the ISS where I am.

Nuffin here. Although I do have vivid memories of watching Skylab fall in '77, even though I was knee-high-to-a-grasshopper at the time.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 9:29 pm

The mountains to the west of me blocked the view.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:18 am

Yeah, I missed out too.

--A

Post by **Marv** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:24 am

Not that I made much of an effort but I reckon the weather was probably too crappy to see it here.

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