MLB 51 Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I'm so pumped for Comet Ison aka C/2012 S1. I might be setting myself up for a massive disappointment, but I still remember watching comet Hale-Bopp in '97, looking out west from our driveway into the evening sky. For weeks! If only I was old enough to appreciate what I was seeing - an incredible comet event that might never occur in my lifetime again. Come November and onwards, we'll find out if the comet will amaze us or fizzle and disappoint us. I want to believe.... So you didn't drink the kool-aid with all the others. Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 ISON hasn't been living up to the hype since emerging from behind the sun, unfortunately. http://earthsky.org/space/big-sun-diving-comet-ison-might-be-spectacular-in-2013 Still, we'll see how it goes. The real fear is that it will not survive the close pass to the sun, which I think is a very distinct, and disappointing, possibility. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 gossssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I'm pretty bummed about ISON, too. I was so stoked for the two comets this year, only to see Pan-STARRS completely underwhelm. Now it seems like ISON isn't going to be "as bright as the moon in the daytime sky" like they were hoping. I was pretty impressed with Hale-Bopp back in the day - named a couple of my fantasy sports teams The Comets because of it - and I was really hoping this year would give us two such displays. Looks like we'll have to keep waiting. Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I enjoyed Pan-STARRS, but yeah, it wasn't anything spectacular. Any comet is cool in my book, though. Even if it doesn't end up being the comet of the century some were predicting, if it survives the solar pass, it should still be pretty impressive. On a lighter note... http://www.universetoday.com/104679/absolutely-incredible-photo-frog-launches-with-ladee/ Quote Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/12/tech/innovation/voyager-solar-system/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Quote Link to comment
Junior Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 The sound of interstellar space: Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 Now its only a couple of hundred years away from making a return to Earth as V Ger..... Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 http://xkcd.com/1189/ Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 http://xkcd.com/1189/ Quote Link to comment
Michiganball Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Voyager 1 becomes first human-made object to leave solar system http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 http://xkcd.com/1189/ This time it seems it finally made it. Quote Link to comment
SilentTreatment Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Theres a comet thats going to be visible to the naked sometime in november. I forget the name but that should be pretty coo. Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Theres a comet thats going to be visible to the naked sometime in november. I forget the name but that should be pretty coo. That's ISON, and at this point, it's not living up to the hype. That could change, though, but for much at all to happen, it has to survive its close pass with the sun. And with such a close pass, nobody really knows if it will survive. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Theres a comet thats going to be visible to the naked sometime in november. I forget the name but that should be pretty coo. So you have to be naked in Novemeber to see it. 1 Quote Link to comment
SilentTreatment Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Its supposed to increase natural optics Quote Link to comment
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