Wow, I think I just wet my pants. Visible in daylight! Toine
On 26 September 2012 16:10, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you have ever wanted to get into astrophotography, you have reason > to "gear up" now. I don't know if it is making national news yet, but > a comet was just days ago discovered by a couple of Russian > astronomers that appears to have all of the ingredients to be one of > the greatest comets in our lifetimes, and maybe one of the greatest in > human civilization's history. > http://www.astronomynow.com/news/n1209/25comet/ > > Normally it takes a while after discovery to calculate an accurate > orbit, but this comet was found on pre-discovery sky surveys (where it > was previously overlooked as a comet) and so they have 9 months of > data (over 50 orbital datapoints). What makes it incredible is the > nearness with which it is going to skim past the sun (.012 AU) and > then the nearness with which is flies past the earth (.4 AU). This > comet has the chance of being visible in a broad daylight sky, > brighter than the moon. This will be an incredible object from Nov. to > Jan. in 2013/2014. Currently, this comet is known by the following > designation: C/2012 S1 (ISON) > > If you want to hang out with the comet nerds, including at least one > of the discoverers of this comet: > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comets-ml/ > > Before this, we were looking forward to another great comet in the > Spring of 2013 (known by the designation C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS ) This > comet alone would be enough to make most comet lovers wet their pants, > as it is expected to flirt with negative visual magnitudes in March > 2013: http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2011L4/2011L4.html but it > has now been joined by a very big brother that looks to wildly > overshadow it. > > 2013 is going to be a once-in-a-lifetime year for comets. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
