Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 14, 2007 Members Share Posted January 14, 2007 Sunset was at 17:06. 18:20 ---> just came in from outside watching comet McNaught . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2007 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted January 14, 2007 Members Share Posted January 14, 2007 Wow, neat pictures. I read the other day that if planet Earth were ever to be struck by a comet, we would all be vaporized by the heat well before the comet ever hit the ground. Good to know, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Dang - I missed the northern hemisphere viewing window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EccentRick Posted January 14, 2007 Members Share Posted January 14, 2007 Really nice pics!! (Quick! Everyone into your Nikes! "Do" and "Ti" are back to pick us up! ) Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 14, 2007 Dang - I missed the northern hemisphere viewing window. But you can still see McNaught in Riverside, can you? I mean Riverside is 1500 miles south of where I live, and the comet is on the southern horizon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted January 15, 2007 Members Share Posted January 15, 2007 Wow. Why have I not heard about this til now? I'd think that there'd be a writeup in the paper, or on yahoo news or something. No, they're too busy talking about timberfake and kfed and rosie and tronald dump and britney spaniel and tom and whatserface's wedding and important {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted January 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted January 15, 2007 I was a little surprised not to find American websites by the hundreds, who tell where and how. It was a very romantice christmas with this comet. I certainly will again climbe a hill tomorrow evening for a last time, then he is out of my angle. Here a Java applet from the "Near Earth Obkject Programm": http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db_shm?sstr=2006+p1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted January 15, 2007 Members Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hey, that's really cool! Great photos! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted January 15, 2007 Members Share Posted January 15, 2007 it's in our skies now Angelo - it appears just after sunset above where the sun set. I should see it tonight and for the next few nights as it gets higher in the sky. It was named after the aussie astronomer who discovered it last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 But you can still see McNaught in Riverside, can you? I mean Riverside is 1500 miles south of where I live, and the comet is on the southern horizon . I got up on the roof of the studio yesterday with a decent pair of binoculars and looked for it... no joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted January 16, 2007 Members Share Posted January 16, 2007 It's on my south western sky Phil so I think it's outta your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 You're right John - by dusk / early evening, it's below the horzion in the northern hemisphere now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted January 16, 2007 Members Share Posted January 16, 2007 Wow, neat pictures. I read the other day that if planet Earth were ever to be struck by a comet, we would all be vaporized by the heat well before the comet ever hit the ground. Good to know, eh? Indeed... A mere 2kg comet fragment that exploded in the lower stratosphere is generally accepted as the cause for the Tunguska, Siberia disaster of 1908, which left no crater, but scorched 6000 sq km of forest, and produced energy equivalent to some of the largest hydrogen bombs ever tested by the USA or USSR. The blast was heard as far as 1000km away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted January 16, 2007 Members Share Posted January 16, 2007 Dang. And all this time I thought Tunguska was a flying saucer that crashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.