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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 306227
10/26/2007 12:45 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
the thing is, a place like glp attracts thousands of people from all over the world, with all kinds of ideas. to debunk, you really need to be an expert on the subject youre debunking. nobody knows everything. if people want to speculate on things, what harm is it to you? there are threads i think are absurd, i just dont go there, let them have their fun. if you think about it, the debunkers sound as illogical as the ones they are debunking. and if you find yourself so disturbed by a thread, why not get your hard facts in order and start a thread of your own?
whoooo are you, woooowooooo woooowoooooo, i really want to know.
why do you want to know? and if i told you my real name, would you know me then? what would you like to know? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 317642
oh please...
just surf on... |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317642
10/26/2007 12:58 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
YOU asked dolt. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 306227
10/26/2007 1:06 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
YOU asked dolt. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 317642
never heard of "the who"? too young? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 260371
10/26/2007 1:07 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
obviuosly not...the dude is definitely wound a bit too tight as well. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317727
10/26/2007 1:14 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
so can anyone see that doll? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 306227
10/26/2007 1:14 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 193501
10/26/2007 1:38 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
wow this thread went to shit in record time! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317759
10/26/2007 2:12 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
It is too bad I can not see it from 23ºS latitude. Quoting: idol_harobed
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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 283116
10/26/2007 2:43 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
A FACE is forming on the comet from 80x magnification! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317655
10/26/2007 2:43 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
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| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 236037
10/26/2007 2:58 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Didn't have time to browse this thru. So is this thingy visible in northern hemisphere? Like in lattitudes nearer the north pole (finland to be exact). |
| FreeFlow
User ID: 51202
10/26/2007 3:55 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Here's a sky map, you should be able to see it in Finland too:
[link to www.eaas.co.uk]
I am here to challenge your indoctrinated false belief that flaming queens don't use shovels ... |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:06 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
SPACE.com
1 hour, 32 minutes ago
A comet that suddenly brightened earlier this week has astronomers around the globe fascinated. And the show could go on for some time.
ADVERTISEMENT
Comet Holmes, discovered in 1892, had in recent years been visible only through telescopes until a dramatic outburst made it visible to the naked eye. In fewer than 24 hours, it brightened by a factor of nearly 400,000.
It has now brightened by a factor of a million times what it was before the outburst, a change "absolutely unprecedented in the annals of cometary astronomy," said Joe Rao, SPACE.com's Skywatching Columnist.
The comet is now rivaling some of the brighter stars in the sky.
Anyone with a map should be able to spot it now.
But Comet Holmes lacks a tail, so it's more like a fuzzy, yellow star, observers report. The view is improved with a small telescope.
"This is a terrific outburst," said Brian Marsden, director emeritus of the Minor Planet Center, which tracks known comets and asteroids. "And since it doesn't have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We've had at least two reports of a new star."
The comet could fade in a matter of days or weeks, according to a statement from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
The comet is located among the stars of the constellation Perseus, which is about halfway up in the northeast sky in the evening. Perseus is almost directly overhead by around 2 a.m. local daylight time and remains well up in the northwest at dawn.
"The comet was plainly visible, disturbing the normal pattern of stars that make up Perseus," Rao said after observiing it last night.
The comet orbits the Sun once every seven years at a distance of about 200 million miles (compared to Earth's 93-million-mile orbit). It was re-observed in 1899 and 1906 before being lost for nearly six decades. Based on a prediction by Marsden, the comet was found again in 1964.
"Since then, it's been behaving well—until now," Marsden said.
Astronomers don't know why the outburst occurred.
[link to news.yahoo.com] |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:10 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 313904
okay so wtf does that say?? what is a coma? was it supposed to be COMET?
and are the effin saying it could reach the apparent SIZE OF THE MOON in our sky???????? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317719
10/26/2007 4:12 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
SPACE.com
1 hour, 32 minutes ago
A comet that suddenly brightened earlier this week has astronomers around the globe fascinated. And the show could go on for some time.
ADVERTISEMENT
Comet Holmes, discovered in 1892, had in recent years been visible only through telescopes until a dramatic outburst made it visible to the naked eye. In fewer than 24 hours, it brightened by a factor of nearly 400,000.
It has now brightened by a factor of a million times what it was before the outburst, a change "absolutely unprecedented in the annals of cometary astronomy," said Joe Rao, SPACE.com's Skywatching Columnist.
The comet is now rivaling some of the brighter stars in the sky.
Anyone with a map should be able to spot it now.
But Comet Holmes lacks a tail, so it's more like a fuzzy, yellow star, observers report. The view is improved with a small telescope.
"This is a terrific outburst," said Brian Marsden, director emeritus of the Minor Planet Center, which tracks known comets and asteroids. "And since it doesn't have a tail right now, some observers have confused it with a nova. We've had at least two reports of a new star."
The comet could fade in a matter of days or weeks, according to a statement from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
The comet is located among the stars of the constellation Perseus, which is about halfway up in the northeast sky in the evening. Perseus is almost directly overhead by around 2 a.m. local daylight time and remains well up in the northwest at dawn.
"The comet was plainly visible, disturbing the normal pattern of stars that make up Perseus," Rao said after observiing it last night.
The comet orbits the Sun once every seven years at a distance of about 200 million miles (compared to Earth's 93-million-mile orbit). It was re-observed in 1899 and 1906 before being lost for nearly six decades. Based on a prediction by Marsden, the comet was found again in 1964.
"Since then, it's been behaving well—until now," Marsden said.
Astronomers don't know why the outburst occurred.
[ link to news.yahoo.com]
I had to laugh when i read this..
"Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually."
So he expects it to dim eh? Well HE is in for a surprise! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317719
10/26/2007 4:13 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
UPDATE:
STRANGE COMET: Astronomers around the world agree, Comet 17P/Holmes is one of the strangest things ever to explode in the night sky. It's a comet, yet it looks like a planet with a golden core and a green atmosphere:
[ link to spaceweather.com]
I love that pic. It just keeps getting brighter and brighter... |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:14 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
okay so wtf does that say?? what is a coma? was it supposed to be COMET?
and are the effin saying it could reach the apparent SIZE OF THE MOON in our sky???????? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 313904
okay DUH ME...the coma is the head of the comet...
But still are they saying it could look as big as our moon?
are they saying it might get so bright that it will appear as big as our freakin moon?? |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 122589
10/26/2007 4:14 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
okay so wtf does that say?? what is a coma? was it supposed to be COMET?
and are the effin saying it could reach the apparent SIZE OF THE MOON in our sky???????? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 313904
The coma is the "fuzzy head" of the comet. Yes, they are saying the coma *could* get that big, but bear in mind, that doesn't mean it will maintain its current brightness as well. |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:15 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
okay so wtf does that say?? what is a coma? was it supposed to be COMET?
and are the effin saying it could reach the apparent SIZE OF THE MOON in our sky???????? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 313904
YEAH BUT BEFORE IT DIMS
IS HE SAYING IT COULD LOOK AS BIG AS OUR MOON IN THE SKY??
and yup I was screaming LOL |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:19 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Comet expert John Bortle expects the comet to continue as a naked-eye object for the next few weeks as it dims gradually. Bortle said the coma, or fuzzy head of the comet, could expand as weeks go by. The coma could reach the apparent size of the moon in the sky, he said.
okay so wtf does that say?? what is a coma? was it supposed to be COMET?
and are the effin saying it could reach the apparent SIZE OF THE MOON in our sky????????
The coma is the "fuzzy head" of the comet. Yes, they are saying the coma *could* get that big, but bear in mind, that doesn't mean it will maintain its current brightness as well. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 122589
Okay then my next question is...has there ever been anything else in our history that lit up in the sky and appeared as big as the moon??
if not then this is SOMETHING BIG! |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:22 PM | | Anonymous Coward
User ID: 317794
10/26/2007 4:24 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
the size of the FUCKING MOON?
 |
| Anonymous Coward
User ID: 313904
10/26/2007 4:31 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
the size of the FUCKING MOON?
MY FUCKING THOUGHTS EXACTLY!! |
| ricker
User ID: 316964
10/26/2007 4:38 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
the size of the FUCKING MOON?
MY FUCKING THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!
Where is the Cassini that had all the plutonium in it. Is there evidence that thing is still orbiting saturn? Earlier this week I read a report that it was moving on to observe some moons. And that was right before "Holmes" blew his load." Did they blow the fucker up? It's only an idea, but if scientists don't know what the hell it is, I'm certainly entitled to ask where Cassini is. |
| FreeFlow
User ID: 51202
10/26/2007 4:47 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Where is the Cassini that had all the plutonium in it. Is there evidence that thing is still orbiting saturn? Earlier this week I read a report that it was moving on to observe some moons. And that was right before "Holmes" blew his load." Did they blow the fucker up? It's only an idea, but if scientists don't know what the hell it is, I'm certainly entitled to ask where Cassini is. Quoting: ricker
I said it already this comet behaves like Tempel when they slammed that probe into it. The force behind the explosion of Holmes just was a magnitude above, be it from a cosmic object or something secret coming from earth.
I am here to challenge your indoctrinated false belief that flaming queens don't use shovels ... |
| childoflight 
User ID: 281980
10/26/2007 4:47 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
the size of the FUCKING MOON?
MY FUCKING THOUGHTS EXACTLY!!
Where is the Cassini that had all the plutonium in it. Is there evidence that thing is still orbiting saturn? Earlier this week I read a report that it was moving on to observe some moons. And that was right before "Holmes" blew his load." Did they blow the fucker up? It's only an idea, but if scientists don't know what the hell it is, I'm certainly entitled to ask where Cassini is.
MINE TOO!!!! I can't wait to see this! |
| ricker
User ID: 316964
10/26/2007 4:48 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Why isn't Hubble releasing pictures of it? If it's so cool and such a normal comet, I would think they would show off pictures. The only pictures we are getting are amateur while scientist scratch their heads. |
| ricker
User ID: 316964
10/26/2007 4:50 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Where is the Cassini that had all the plutonium in it. Is there evidence that thing is still orbiting saturn? Earlier this week I read a report that it was moving on to observe some moons. And that was right before "Holmes" blew his load." Did they blow the fucker up? It's only an idea, but if scientists don't know what the hell it is, I'm certainly entitled to ask where Cassini is.
I said it already this comet behaves like Tempel when they slammed that probe into it. The force behind the explosion of Holmes just was a magnitude above, be it from a cosmic object or something secret coming from earth. Quoting: FreeFlow
Let's hope they slammed Cassini into it. Then we can put the Project Lucifer idea to bed and I can plan a camping trip next summer. |
| 89446
User ID: 252155
10/26/2007 4:52 PM
 | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
Well well, the "thing" could appear as large as the Moon. Isn't that what would happen if IT WAS COMING THIS WAY? |
| ricker
User ID: 316964
10/26/2007 4:52 PM | | Re: 17P/Holmes - Enigma 'Comet' | Quote |
So basically balls of plutonium have been flying at is. That's just great!!! |
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