10-24-2007, 03:45 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Sudden naked eye comet!!!
Get your eyeballs, binoculars and telescopes out... since yesterday Comet 17P/Holmes went from a magnitude 17 to a magnitude 2.5!! Thats like 400,000 times brigher in less then 24 hours!
Rarely will a comet just "Appear" like this so go have a look a something pretty cool.
Here's a good link to show you where you can find it!
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2...ked-eye-comet/
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10-24-2007, 03:52 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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heh heh . . . you said naked . . . heh heh
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10-24-2007, 03:54 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Halifax
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
heh heh . . . you said naked . . . heh heh
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oh troutman. always there for the cheap laugh. how dearly we need you on cp! 
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10-24-2007, 03:56 PM
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Norm!
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Its gonna burn up in our atmosphere and end up the size of a poodles head.
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10-24-2007, 03:59 PM
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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^^^ smaller than a chihuahua...
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10-24-2007, 04:00 PM
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Norm!
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couldn't spell chihuahua so I went with the next most annoying rat dog.
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10-24-2007, 04:01 PM
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Stars, comets and satellites all look the same to me. Little dots moving around in the sky. I could go for a Calgary version of the Phoenix lights though...That would definitely get my attention.
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10-24-2007, 04:02 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its gonna burn up in our atmosphere and end up the size of a poodles head.
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Yeah, that's what they thought: Night of the Comet
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10-24-2007, 04:05 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Pretty sweet naked comet!
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10-24-2007, 04:07 PM
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Scoring Winger
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No worries about it burning up in our atmosphere it's about 244502971 Km away... Give or take a few hundred thousand Km's.. :P
Should look like a fuzzy yellow star...
ROFL.. not as exciting as a gaint pair of boobs 250 million Kms away but we've all got our vices ..
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10-24-2007, 04:12 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary
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Not that I have any expertise of my own, but should we not question any advice we get from a website known as "Bad Astronomy"?
For all we know they are tracking the "Hi I'm Big Butt Skinner" weather balloon.
I may be a tad harsh on them though. Perhaps they are using the term "Bad" is a more modern meaning (such as "cool" or "awesome")?
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10-24-2007, 04:23 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IntenseFan
Not that I have any expertise of my own, but should we not question any advice we get from a website known as "Bad Astronomy"?
For all we know they are tracking the "Hi I'm Big Butt Skinner" weather balloon.
I may be a tad harsh on them though. Perhaps they are using the term "Bad" is a more modern meaning (such as "cool" or "awesome")?
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Bad Astronomy is a legit site that exposes pseudo-science, like the moon-landing-was hoaxed people.
The Bad Astronomy web pages are devoted to airing out myths and misconceptions in astronomy and related topics.
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10-24-2007, 04:46 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary
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I hear you Troutman - just wondering why they picked a name for themselves like that.
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10-24-2007, 10:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Singapore
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metal_geek
ROFL.. not as exciting as a gaint pair of boobs 250 million Kms away but we've all got our vices ..
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That excites you? My vice is a giant pair of boobs 0.00000250 kms away...
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10-25-2007, 06:41 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Richmond, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IntenseFan
Not that I have any expertise of my own, but should we not question any advice we get from a website known as "Bad Astronomy"?
For all we know they are tracking the "Hi I'm Big Butt Skinner" weather balloon.
I may be a tad harsh on them though. Perhaps they are using the term "Bad" is a more modern meaning (such as "cool" or "awesome")?
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Bad Astronomy is a good website. It's been on my favourites for years.
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10-25-2007, 07:01 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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So how does a comet do that...is it going supernova? haha, maybe it will condense into a neutron comet.
will the comet still be around tomorrow to take a look? I missed this thread yesterday.
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10-25-2007, 10:15 AM
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Scoring Winger
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Should be around for the next few weeks, but for as fast as it showed up you never know.
Was cloudy last night so I couldn't get a look at it. According to the clearskyclock should be nice and clear tonight. Big full moon is not ideal but you should be able to pick it out no problem!
Back in the 1890's something very simillar happend. After its initial increase in brightness it faded a little then about 2 months later had another dramatic increase... People are watching to see if the same thing happens again.
Here is an image someone took, Im gonna try to image it myself if the conditions, and my schedule allow me to!
http://www.zianet.com/rrichins/Comet_Holmes.jpg
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10-25-2007, 11:45 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Vernon, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Juventus3
Stars, comets and satellites all look the same to me. Little dots moving around in the sky. I could go for a Calgary version of the Phoenix lights though...That would definitely get my attention.
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Yeah I don't pretend to be a scientist either, but comets, atleast the big ones are pretty obvious, they're like half the size of the moon and stay in the same spot in the sky pretty much for a week or two... atleast thats what I remember from the comet "hale bopp" or whatever... why hale bopp? did that Hansons name it? whatever...
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10-28-2007, 05:01 AM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Quote:
Originally Posted by worth
So how does a comet do that...is it going supernova? haha, maybe it will condense into a neutron comet.
will the comet still be around tomorrow to take a look? I missed this thread yesterday.
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Sorry, I forgot about this thread.
Large stars go supernova. Comets are very small, only miles across. They are mostly made of ice (hence the nickname "dirty snowballs"). When they come close enough to the Sun (or any star for that matter) the ice begins to melt, and a tail develops. When you look in the sky, you do not see the comet itself, usually just the tail behind it.
And comets are always named after their discoverer(s). Hale-Bopp was named for two guys named Hale and Bopp. Comet Halley (HAL-EE, not HAY-LEE by the way) was named after Edmund Halley. Et cetera.
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10-28-2007, 10:40 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by evman150
Sorry, I forgot about this thread.
Large stars go supernova. Comets are very small, only miles across. They are mostly made of ice (hence the nickname "dirty snowballs"). When they come close enough to the Sun (or any star for that matter) the ice begins to melt, and a tail develops. When you look in the sky, you do not see the comet itself, usually just the tail behind it.
And comets are always named after their discoverer(s). Hale-Bopp was named for two guys named Hale and Bopp. Comet Halley (HAL-EE, not HAY-LEE by the way) was named after Edmund Halley. Et cetera.
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It was a joke dude. I know comets don't go supernova.
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