Comments on: The 'Comet of the Century' ... and other night-sky highlights for 2013 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 16:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Circulator38 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1626806 Circulator38 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1626806 Comet C/2012 S1 Facebook Page - http://facebook.com/C2012S1 Comet C/2012 S1 Facebook Page – http://facebook.com/C2012S1

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1625138 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1625138  Don't forget Apophis (which is even bigger than scientists realized).    Don’t forget Apophis (which is even bigger than scientists realized).  

]]> By: TheMadLibrarian http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624808 TheMadLibrarian Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624808  AFAIK, we are out of doomsday material right now, so the arrival of comet ISON is fortuitous, at least for the ZOMGRUNHIDEWEREALLGONNADIE crowd.  AFAIK, we are out of doomsday material right now, so the arrival of comet ISON is fortuitous, at least for the ZOMGRUNHIDEWEREALLGONNADIE crowd.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624604 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624604 "(Just don't believe anyone who tells you it's a doomsday comet.)"    Doomsday comets have a long history.   It just wouldn't be a real event without at least a few people freaking out about the end of the world. http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2010/08/comet-crazy.html “(Just don’t believe anyone who tells you it’s a doomsday comet.)”   
Doomsday comets have a long history.   It just wouldn’t be a real event without at least a few people freaking out about the end of the world.

http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2010/08/comet-crazy.html

]]> By: John Smith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624465 John Smith Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624465 Weekly images http://great-comet.com Weekly images

http://great-comet.com

]]> By: joe blough http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624380 joe blough Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624380 i was able to catch 2005YU55 with a 200mm lens, but i don't remember the magnitude. there's a good comet page here: http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html besides ISON, C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) is supposed to be a good comet this spring. i was able to catch 2005YU55 with a 200mm lens, but i don’t remember the magnitude.

there’s a good comet page here:

http://www.aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html

besides ISON, C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) is supposed to be a good comet this spring.

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624372 Jim Saul Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624372 On February 15th, "2012 DA14" will pass less than 20,000 miles from the surface of the earth. At 57 meters wide, it's not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but I wonder if a small backyard scope could catch it. I can't seem to find an apparent magnitude estimate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DA14 On February 15th, “2012 DA14″ will pass less than 20,000 miles from the surface of the earth.

At 57 meters wide, it’s not expected to be visible to the naked eye, but I wonder if a small backyard scope could catch it. I can’t seem to find an apparent magnitude estimate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DA14

]]> By: Nicholas Underwood http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/the-comet-of-the-century.html#comment-1624330 Nicholas Underwood Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204941#comment-1624330 Keeping the latest updates at http://cometinformer.com/comet-ison/ Keeping the latest updates at http://cometinformer.com/comet-ison/

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