[Chaos-l] [Medoc-mountain-men] super bright comet

[Robert Nielsen]

I always take these comet predictions with a somewhat large grain of salt.   But with two possible nice ones next year, perhaps one will turn out.  I think we're due for a good one in the northern hemisphere.

Robert

On Sep 29, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Mark Montazer <mark at montazer.org> wrote:

> Looks like we might get one in March/April 2013 as well:
> http://phys.org/news/2012-09-comet-pan-starrs-bright.html
> 
> Potentially as bright as Vega? Sounds like we're going to have a busy year!
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Allen Davis
> <starstorm151 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> One part of this that I pull up in my memory.  Back when Hyakutake and
>> Hale-Bopp appeared, we had some really great programs at Medoc.  For
>> Hyakutake we had about 300 people.  This is the sort of event that gets
>> folks going on astronomy again.
>> 
>> allen
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Michael Hrivnak
>> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:56 PM
>> To: chaos-l
>> Subject: [Chaos-l] super bright comet
>> 
>> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120927-new-comet-2012-s1-iso
>> n-science-space-moon/
>> 
>> Early predictions say that in late 2013, this comet could be brighter in the
>> night sky than the full moon and possibly visible during the day. Sounds
>> very exciting, although I can't help but think of how it could ruin deep-sky
>> observing for an extended period.
>> 
>> Michael
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