No, you're equivocating. He said, and I quote "WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS ONE HAS TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS BUT AFTER EXAMINING THE DATA THAT I HAVE SEEN I WOULD SAY THAT IT APPEARS TO BE REAL ... FURTHERMORE ONE OF THE POSSIBLE COMPANIONS APPEARS TO BE AT ABOUT TWO LUNAR DISTANCES (HALF A MILLION MILES) AND HAS NOT FORMED A COMA FOR SOME ODD REASON "
Despite his lame ass attempt at throwing in a "CYA" statement at the beginning, he said he has examined the data and "it appears to be real." He goes on to tell us how far these so-called companions are from the comet. Those are conclusions that he has now published despite not providing any data to back it up. Saying it's "too early to confirm" does not excuse his bullcrap conclusions that any real astronomer, even an amateur one, would have realized was garbage based on camera noise (hot pixels). This started right after Pete's images hit the web and people started claiming they showed "companions" on this forum and others.
Quoting: Dr. AstroIT APPEARS TO BE REAL
Appears to be is not conclusive.
Stop equivocating. He is giving his "professional" opinion on the matter and people (like you) use him as an appeal to authority. It's his conclusion on the matter with a "cover your ass" statement attached.
Man, are you stalking Professor?? Are you paid for that??
Quoting: glaucoOh here we go, you just buy his bullshit, including his BS about debunkers like me being "disinfo agents." No, I'm not "paid" and I'm not "stalking" him. The claims I debunked are right there on his shitty site.
Yes, there are other videos of ISON that show hot pixels and known asteroids near the comet, including some from Italy which are arguably higher quality images than Pete's.
Quoting: Dr. AstroFirst you assume with all your teeth that Professor used the Pete's images and,
It's clear he did for the reasons already stated. You have not addressed those facts. His claim of "companions" originated on this forum and others, with some threads being made 3 days before he made his post about it. They all started with Pete's images. Other images were then added into those threads as well later on. He is copying those claims.
but now you assume that there are better sources than Pete's one. So how do you know which one he got?
Quoting: GlaucoI didn't assume anything. Like I said, other images were presented on those threads as well from an observer in Italy. None of them show anything but hot pixels and known asteroids. Clearly McCanney is not an expert and doesn't know how to recognize these things.
Probably, will see.
Quoting: GlaucoNot just "probably." McCanney was wrong. He has presented nothing to back up his claims and you act like that gives him unlimited cover to make claims without having to defend them with actual data when the threads that he is clearly copying show that the claim is wrong and even when he is shouting his fucking claims in all caps.
You just assumed that there are other sources of information other then Pete's images,
Quoting: glaucoNo, I didn't. I participated in those threads, I know for
a fact that there were other images presented as well, but in all of them Pete's was the first. That's where this claim got started.
so why are you so affirmative that Professor got the one you want?
Quoting: glaucoI don't care which "he got," he probably "got" all of the ones I mentioned and linked to, but he's hilariously wrong about what they contain and now he's resorted to lying.
Download Professor's radio shows from October to past week and you will see how long he states this is a big comet.
Quoting: glaucoNo, I will not do that nor do I have to in order to see how he's tried to support that claim in the last week or so.
Actualy he talks about this NASA's video days before all this hype started, and he does not talks about any companions.
Quoting: glaucoWow you're dense. And wrong on both counts. NASA's video came out on the 18th. This hype started on the 17th. McCanney talks about "companions" starting on the 20th. Now he claims that NASA's video from the 18th shows Pete's images sans "companions." The hot pixels are still there. He is a liar.
