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Interests => The Science Club => Topic started by: Chris_ on September 27, 2012, 04:27:00 PM
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New Comet Discovery May Be Brightest Visitor In Past Hundred Years
The comet, named C/2012 S1 (ISON), is due to come within 1.1 million miles of the Sun on, or around, November 29, 2013. Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok from Russia, made the discovery using the International Scientific Optical Network’s (ISON) telescope, capturing the images of the comet on 21 September with CCD imagery equipment.
If the predictions hold true, Comet C/2012 S1 will likely be one of the greatest comet encounters in human history, exceedingly outshining the memorable Hale-Bopp of 1997 and Haley’s Comet in 1986. It could even be a much bigger spectacle than the long-awaited Comet Pan-STARRS, which will make a pass in March 2013.
Red Orbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112701381/comet-discovery-brightest-092612/)
Mark your calendars.
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Awesome! Hale-Bopp was incredible, if this is better........ :o
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And there could be a chance the Sun will just boil it away as it passes, just as happened to comet Elenin last year. If it does survive the encounter, experts speculate it could outshine any comet seen in the last hundred years–perhaps even brighter than the full moon.
Too bad it isn't closer to Christmas.
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...and DUmmies start mixing the Kool-Aid so they can catch the starship in its tail.
Who needs Europe when you can get off this planet. :-)
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Cool...
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More here ----> http://www.space.com/17762-newfound-comet-dazzling-2013-display-c2012s1.html
I hope it's a dazzler.