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Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"

 
Yellow Cosmic Star
01/20/2005 03:44 PM
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Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
snip:

As it happens, you have the opportunity to step out your door in the coming weeks, and observe a comet described by NASA as "glowing alien green" yourself. Here´s how to see Comet Machholz in early January:

Look 2 degrees to the right of the Pleiades. (If you live in the southern hemisphere, look to the left.) The tip of your pinky finger, held at arms length is about 1 degree wide, so 2 degrees is two pinkies. The cloud resembles a faint and fuzzy star, barely visible to the unaided eye, but easy to see through binoculars.

With a diameter of at least 450,000 kilometers, the coma of this comet is at least three times wider than the planet Jupiter. Named after its discoverer, amateur Don Machholz, astronomers have been watching it since last August. This week is its closest approach - about 52 million kilometers. The cometary body itself is small; its two tails (the ion tail points up; the dust tail points down in the picture below) are what give it size. The comet glows green because its coma contains cyanogen and diatomic carbon, both of which glow green when illuminated by sunlight.

and now for the hint:

And the peculiar ellipsoid shape seen in the novel? Twelve million miles long, it was a ship; its green surface was an impenetrable force barrier. Its masters were beings of light and mist. You´ll need to read the novel to see what it contained, but here´s a hint; the paths of the bodies in our solar system are ellipsoidal.

Here´s the link to the story and pix and clickable links to investigate:

[link to www.space.com]

Blessings, and hmmnnn....
YCS

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Yellow Cosmic Star
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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bttt
BlueSage
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Why, thank you YCS.
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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WTF are you on about??

First off, your report of the comet´s position is way out of date. It´s long gone from near the Pleiades. Plus a lot of comets re green, so there´s nothing odd about that.

And what does an old 1936 sci-fi story have to do with anything?

You post a lot of crap at the best of times, but you´re outdoing yourself today!
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Stupid Bitch1
Yellow Cosmic Star
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
Picky, picky, AC 6:29.

Lighten up!

What you believe is true (for you).

The story is dated Jan. 17, 2005. Why not enlighten us as to where the comet is now and how to view it.

Blessings!

AC 6:38, what´s the natter? LOL

alien16

Love to y´all!
YCS
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
The legend says the green comet will come first.
Phd Dude ®
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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You children are acting like babies with your
insultuous behavior.......grow up a little...K?
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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bttt for the green comet and ycs
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Dear "fruitbolax",

Shut the fuck up and go away.
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
I think FB´s contribution is cool!

alienship
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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This is exciting .. thanks YCS {{{ hugs }}}
Anonymous Coward
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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AC638, I´ll cut your fucking head off.
:bbrn0:
Yellow Cosmic Star
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
ALL dreams are true....

Spread y/our LOVE!

Blessings,
YCS
idol harobed
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Thanks, the comet was beautiful. At first glance I thought that its "head" was a globular cluster but its motion was noticeable over the hours against the backdrop of stars when seen through a telescope.
Yellow Cosmic Star
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
Hi Idol!

Good to see you.

Glad you were able to see it.

Blessings,
YCS

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idol harobed
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Hi, YCS, I have been in the countryside for the last 8 days, so I luckly had several opportunities to spot it, along with M42, Sombrero galaxy and Pleiades.

Yes, I am back because I lost the track of the old GLPers, their forum has been closed for Terms of Service violations during the time I was out. Now I have no idea of their whereabouts.
BEEATCH
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
I saw it too!

The skies are putting on quite the show for us these days.
Yellow Cosmic Star
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
Well, it´s good to see you again!

Don´t know the whereabouts of the GLPers that went to Crowoman´s forum either. Maybe most of them will drift back here....eventually....

After all, GLP is the best!

Blessings, Idol!
YCS
idol harobed
12/08/2005 10:12 AM
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Re: Hint, hint: re: Comet Machholz "glowing alien green"
Oh... I forgot:

Blessings, YCS.





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