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Ison.

How lucky are we to get to see this bitch.

>> No.5394061

how about a little info shithead ?

>> No.5394094

It's a once in a century event, so about as lucky as you are to get trips

>> No.5394099

>>5394061
>Not knowing about Ison.

This is /sci/, get out.

>> No.5394134

There's a great comet every few years.

>> No.5394139

>>5394134
well there two next year, also you have never seen anything like this

>> No.5394142

>>5394099
>Accuse other people of ignorance
ISON is an acronym and that's not the name of the comet, it's the name of the organisation used to find it.

>> No.5394145
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>>5394134
>great

>> No.5394148

>>5394139
>you have never seen anything like this
That isn't known.

>> No.5394150

>>5394148
Allegedly it'll be able to be seen for 2-3 months with ones own eyes.

>> No.5394152
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>>5394148
You seen a comet 15x brighter than the moon boy? yeah naw

>> No.5394156

>>5394145
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet

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>>5394145
>>5394156
Burn !

>> No.5394165

>>5394152
It's not easy to predict that. Source of 15 times brighter.

>>5394150
The difficulty is in predicting it's brightness. It will be visible but the question is will it be the brightest great comet for a while.

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5394284

The Great Comet of 1997
only one I ever saw

>> No.5394319

>>5394284
What's nice in that image is that you can clearly see the two tails. The blue ion tail points with the solar wind and the white dust tail pointing away from the direction of motion.

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5394425

C/2006 P1 (McNaught), The Great Comet of 2007
(at least for those living down under)

>> No.5394612

>>5394152 >15x brighter than the moon boy

What

>> No.5394621

>>5394152
>At the time of its discovery, the comet's apparent magnitude was about 18.8, far too dim to be seen with the naked eye but bright enough to be imaged by amateurs with large telescopes.[10][11] It will gradually increase in brightness as it approaches. Around August 2013 it should be visible through small telescopes or binoculars, becoming visible to the naked eye by late October or early November and remaining so until mid-January 2014.[11][7] When the comet reaches its perihelion on 28 November it may be less than 1° from the Sun, making it difficult to see against the glare of the Sun.[12] The comet may become extremely bright if it remains intact, probably reaching a negative magnitude.[5] According to Astronomy Now, it may briefly become brighter than the full Moon.[8][7] But predicting the brightness of a comet is difficult, especially one that will pass so close to the Sun and be affected by the forward scattering of light

Not gonna happen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2012_S1