What with all the inane bhollocks about BB taking up our interest, there is the biggest comet for 100 years in the sky, does anybody know or care about it?
2007-01-20 02:26:57 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is Comet McNaught. It has just gone round the sun and is now on its way out of the solar system. It is near the sun and can be seen at first light and at dusk. Happy Astronomy!
2007-01-20 02:51:14 · update #1
It is as big as a tree here on Earth and is like a big white pencil. It is the brightest since the Great Comet in the late 19th C. Sorry I do not have a link, try Googling it.
2007-01-20 02:53:56 · update #2
Yes, I´m watching it right now. It´s awesome.
According to wikipedia, it´s the brightest in 40 years (since Comet Ikeya-Seki in 1965).
I´m in Argentina. Here´s a picture taken in my city:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=364068187&size=l
2007-01-22 13:22:13 · answer #1 · answered by Lisandro V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was an article in the Evening Standard about it (the comet) earlier in the week. From memory (and it's pretty poor) it was going to visible in the South West although only for a few days? Ideally, first thing in the morning/daylight which was what made it interesting.
If all that's true, not sure you'll still be able to see it now.
2007-01-20 02:37:46 · answer #2 · answered by pshawfocus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have seen on it the 17th, 19th and 20th from South Africa (it can no longer be seen from the northern hemisphere, as it moved here to the southern hemisphere on the 13th of Jan). It is spectacular, and really amazing to see. I expect to see it tonight as well - can't wait. It is visible just after sunset here, and is situated to the left of Venus. The comet is as bright as Venus, and the tail is very long. If you are in the southern hemisphere have a look after sunset.
2007-01-20 22:00:45 · answer #3 · answered by southernrightwhale 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't been able to get a good look at it...the weather hasn't cooperated.
Anyway...it probably doesn't look nearly as cool as Comet Hiakutaki looked 10 years ago the night it looked like a snowball getting dumped out of an "overturned" Big Dipper.
Must have been an omen!
2007-01-20 02:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by bradxschuman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw it naked-eye from Massachusetts USA just after sunset on January 12. It was brighter than Venus, but down in the twilight.
You can't see it while the Sun is set in the Northern Hemisphere anymore, but it should be spectacular in the Southern Hemisphere over the next few days after sunset.
2007-01-20 04:34:11 · answer #5 · answered by cosmo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ooo I care! I don't have a telly just now so am missing out on all the latest happenings.Will go on a comet hunt tonight, if all this rain and cloud clears up..
2007-01-20 02:39:48 · answer #6 · answered by Stookie2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I didn't know that there was a comet! Now I know I will be looking for it tonight, as long as the sky is clear.
2007-01-20 02:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw it on the 12th, just over the horizon at dust. it has passed from view here in So. Cal but i think it can still be seen from the southern hemisphere.
2007-01-20 03:26:35 · answer #8 · answered by RUDOLPH M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any more information?
Not a BB fan and the chance to talk about something else is just a chance to good to miss.
2007-01-20 02:37:46 · answer #9 · answered by The Dragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where what how and when???? Post the link for us to get some info!!! I care...I'd rather be watching a gaseous ball of unknown origins streaking across my vision oh wait a minute...maybe tht sounds like the recently evicted Jade??? hmmm...let me rephrase that...I'd rather watch a celestial body than a 'seen-it-all-before' body..........
2007-01-20 02:33:37 · answer #10 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋