Comet Next year

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Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 712 Credit: 800,772 RAC: 1,723	Message 1292149 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 18:33:43 UTC Last modified: 6 Oct 2012, 18:38:00 UTC
	I hear a comet will be passing I think he said 20 Nov 2013 that will be 5 times brighter than the moon. Sure hope I'm still around to see it. Case of beer and popcorn too.
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Zapped Sparky Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 2277 Credit: 655,647 RAC: 790	Message 1292162 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 19:11:20 UTC
	Some info here. Apparently everyone may have a chance to see it, hemisphere wise. ____________ In an alternate universe, it was a ZX81 that asked for clothes, boots and motorcycle. Beer/wine o'clock, the best of the o'clocks. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall, along came a giant, and cooked him for breakfast.
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 41268 Credit: 32,365,662 RAC: 5,856	Message 1292164 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 19:15:36 UTC
	I'll be here in 2013, I expect the Huffington Post will cover it... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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clive G1FYE Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 4 Nov 04 Posts: 1284 Credit: 15,215,093 RAC: 16,639	Message 1292207 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 21:01:21 UTC
	Wait until the doom merchants get a hold of this one. This year the world will end bacause . . . . .
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Sirius B Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 6948 Credit: 1,292,417 RAC: 387	Message 1292209 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 21:03:20 UTC - in response to Message 1292207.
	Wait until the doom merchants get a hold of this one. This year the world will end bacause . . . . . ..not possible, it's going to end on 21/12/12...... :) ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 41268 Credit: 32,365,662 RAC: 5,856	Message 1292211 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 21:09:20 UTC - in response to Message 1292207.
	Yeah, bunch of worry warts or crazies, they always pop up, just like in the game called "whack a mole"... No actual animals are harmed of course... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Carlos Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 9750 Credit: 24,674,657 RAC: 4,420	Message 1292212 - Posted: 6 Oct 2012, 21:10:04 UTC
	The end of the would will have to be postponed. Here's what the article says. It's worth waiting for. It’ll be visible to all of us in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres for at least a couple of months, from about November 2013 through January 2014. If so … worth the wait!
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uli Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 8033 Credit: 3,819,626 RAC: 1,751	Message 1292301 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 3:14:04 UTC - in response to Message 1292164.
	I'll be here in 2013, I expect the Huffington Post will cover it... Don't count your chickens until they hatch Vic. ____________ Pluto will always be a planet to me. Cash Donation Specialist
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 41268 Credit: 32,365,662 RAC: 5,856	Message 1292307 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 3:41:03 UTC - in response to Message 1292301.
	I'll be here in 2013, I expect the Huffington Post will cover it... Don't count your chickens until they hatch Vic. Well I will be here... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 712 Credit: 800,772 RAC: 1,723	Message 1292309 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 3:57:28 UTC Last modified: 7 Oct 2012, 3:58:22 UTC
	I'm not worried about 12/21/12, Just hoping the pump holds up until then.
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 41268 Credit: 32,365,662 RAC: 5,856	Message 1292313 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 4:07:37 UTC - in response to Message 1292309.
	I'm not worried about 12/21/12, Just hoping the pump holds up until then. Me neither Grant Nelson... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 712 Credit: 800,772 RAC: 1,723	Message 1292357 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 8:27:33 UTC Last modified: 7 Oct 2012, 9:22:55 UTC
	I remember back in 1957 I was out back yard in a dark area seeing my first comet, oh it was so far away. I showed my brother and mother, I was tickled pink. Next mornings paper ( New Comet Discovered ) "and my name wasn't on it". LOL I now have a pair of 25 X 100 and have yet see another one.
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23353 Credit: 4,629,639 RAC: 3,758	Message 1292449 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 17:13:09 UTC Last modified: 7 Oct 2012, 17:13:40 UTC
	I'll be here in 2013, I expect the Huffington Post will cover it... If I'm not here in 2013 I shall want a damn good reason why from somebody ...
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Julie Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 8934 Credit: 1,512,649 RAC: 4,076	Message 1292459 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 17:22:28 UTC
	Looking forward to it. ____________
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VBobier Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 41268 Credit: 32,365,662 RAC: 5,856	Message 1292465 - Posted: 7 Oct 2012, 17:29:14 UTC - in response to Message 1292449.
	I'll be here in 2013, I expect the Huffington Post will cover it... If I'm not here in 2013 I shall want a damn good reason why from somebody ... You can't handle the answer, it's too hooorible to mention... ;) Ok, it's cause Bugs will take yer place here... Told Ya it was too hooorible... ____________ BSG Anthem My Facebook page
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GALAXY-VOYAGER Send message Joined: 21 Oct 12 Posts: 69 Credit: 65,228 RAC: 339	Message 1315961 - Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 11:30:54 UTC
	Until a week or so ago, when I raed an Article Online about the suspposed Apocalypes on December 21st 2012, I had NEVER Heard of The MAYAN Calendar. In fact, I wasn't even aware of December 21st subject in any way or form. I am an avid Follower of the Space Program, and have a high interest in Cosmos Study: No, I'm NOT Supersticious, and I'm Not Really into Astrology in any way, except any connection it has to Astronomy. I have recently read Articles about about The Associated Predictions of Nostradamus, and how they have Supposedly Come True. Some of these (Theories for search of a Better Term), seem too coincidental, and some just seem like they Happened because Someone, with A Strange Behavioural Problem, have Decided To Make It Happen. Haven't people got More Creative Objectives than to Worry About What MIGHT Happen because Someone thought up The Idea, and decided to Make BIG NEWS Out Of It !?! Concentrate on Your Scientific Interests in A More Positive and Productive Manner ..... Forget About December 21st 2012 ......... It AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN !!! ____________ GALAXY-VOYAGER
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 23353 Credit: 4,629,639 RAC: 3,758	Message 1315965 - Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 11:40:01 UTC
	Comet ISON will come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 28 November 2013 at a distance of 0.012 AU (1,800,000 km; 1,100,000 mi) from the center point of the Sun. Accounting for the solar radius of 695,500 km, the comet will pass approximately 1,100,000 kilometres (680,000 mi) above the Sun's surface. Its orbit is nearly parabolic, which suggests that it may be a new comet coming fresh from the Oort cloud. New comet
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Sarge Send message Joined: 25 Aug 99 Posts: 8871 Credit: 1,255,444 RAC: 1,351	Message 1316287 - Posted: 17 Dec 2012, 1:47:36 UTC - in response to Message 1292357.
	I remember back in 1957 I was out back yard in a dark area seeing my first comet, oh it was so far away. I showed my brother and mother, I was tickled pink. Next mornings paper ( New Comet Discovered ) "and my name wasn't on it". LOL I now have a pair of 25 X 100 and have yet see another one. Were you not able to see Hale Bopp in 1997?
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