robth
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Post by robth on Jul 20, 2020 17:33:54 GMT
An amazing comet that thrilled early-morning stargazers earlier this month is now visible in the evening sky, and it's a sight you won't want to miss. After all, this comet won't be back for 6,800 years, NASA says.
Comet NEOWISE can now be seen just after sunset for observers in the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA. (Sorry, Southern Hemisphere skywatchers, it's not visible there.) The comet made its closest approach to the sun July 3 but was only visible before dawn until now.
"If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, you can see it," said Joe Masiero, deputy principal investigator of NEOWISE, the NASA space telescope that discovered the comet, in a NASA Science Live webcast Wednesday (July 15). "As the next couple of days progress, it will get higher in the evening sky, so you're going to want to look northwest right under the Big Dipper." (The Big Dipper is a ladle-shaped star pattern that is part of the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear.)
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Post by MojoJojo on Jul 20, 2020 19:20:01 GMT
Watched it Saturday and Sunday nights. Around 10:30-11:00PM was perfectly viewable halfway between the pot of the big dipper and the horizon, in the NNW. For any stargazers out there, here's an awesome program... stellarium.org/ |
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Post by bama beau on Apr 11, 2021 4:14:38 GMT
Oh, now you tell me!
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Post by Odysseus on Apr 11, 2021 18:48:40 GMT
I remember seeing a bit of it after sunset back last June. I even used a spotting scope on a tripod to get a better look.
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Post by bama beau on Apr 13, 2021 5:50:21 GMT
I remember seeing a bit of it after sunset back last June. I even used a spotting scope on a tripod to get a better look. Lot of good that does me now. |
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Post by Odysseus on Apr 13, 2021 5:52:23 GMT
I remember seeing a bit of it after sunset back last June. I even used a spotting scope on a tripod to get a better look. Lot of good that does me now.
Perhaps you'll be better prepared next time?
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Post by bama beau on Apr 13, 2021 6:08:18 GMT
Lot of good that does me now.
Perhaps you'll be better prepared next time?
If only I had someone to remind me. I used to have a pet goldfish who was an invaluable resource for items like that, but he's been fighting in the XUAR for awhile. |
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Post by Odysseus on Apr 13, 2021 6:16:59 GMT
Perhaps you'll be better prepared next time?
If only I had someone to remind me. I used to have a pet goldfish who was an invaluable resource for items like that, but he's been fighting in the XUAR for awhile. Get thee to a pet shop and buy another goldfish.
You'll both be dead by the time Neowise comes around again, anyway.
So will I, for that matter.
So what's the worry?
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bama beau
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Post by bama beau on Apr 13, 2021 6:22:39 GMT
If only I had someone to remind me. I used to have a pet goldfish who was an invaluable resource for items like that, but he's been fighting in the XUAR for awhile. Get thee to a pet shop and buy another goldfish.
You'll both be dead by the time Neowise comes around again, anyway.
So will I, for that matter.
So what's the worry?
Bought a 75 gallon tank last month. Freshwater. So far, lost only 5 of the first 21, but even that sucks. |
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Post by Odysseus on Apr 13, 2021 6:30:14 GMT
Somewhere I have a long display fish tank I used to keep a toad in.
Can't remember just now where I put it. The tank, that is. I went away for half the summer and gave the toad to a friend to take care of. He said the toad died after consuming a mealworm. I probably forgot to tell him he needed to decapitate the mealworm first.
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