No worries lah. I recalled last time Hale-Bopp was touted as a great show but was upstaged by Hyakutake earlier, which somehow escaped all the earlier attention. To quote David Levy, comets are like cats. They do whatever they want and we can't do anything about it.
Stay optimistic!
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
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Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
OCULARHOLIC ANONYMOUS!!!
Keep Calm and Carry on Observing.
Keep Calm and Carry on Observing.
Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
True enough! Hopefully it is a case of "calm before the storm".Mariner wrote:No worries lah. I recalled last time Hale-Bopp was touted as a great show but was upstaged by Hyakutake earlier, which somehow escaped all the earlier attention. To quote David Levy, comets are like cats. They do whatever they want and we can't do anything about it.
Stay optimistic!
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Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
I did this Comet Ison artwork some time ago (actually, last year).
In the upper half are the surnames of the comet's discoverers (Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok) in Belarussian/Russian and in English, together with the state crests of their countries, Belarus and Russia respectively. Below their names is the date of discovery, 21 Sept 2012.
At bottom is the comet's date of perihelion (28 Nov 2013) and distance from the Sun at perihelion (in AU), and the date of closest passage to Earth (26 Dec 2013) and distance from the Sun then (in AU).
Hope you guys like it! Free to use.
In the upper half are the surnames of the comet's discoverers (Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok) in Belarussian/Russian and in English, together with the state crests of their countries, Belarus and Russia respectively. Below their names is the date of discovery, 21 Sept 2012.
At bottom is the comet's date of perihelion (28 Nov 2013) and distance from the Sun at perihelion (in AU), and the date of closest passage to Earth (26 Dec 2013) and distance from the Sun then (in AU).
Hope you guys like it! Free to use.
Last edited by starfinder on Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:22 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
starfinder wrote:I did this Comet Ison artwork some time ago (actually, last year).
In the upper half are the surnames of the comet's discoverers (Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok) in Belarussian/Russian and in English, together with the state crests of their countries, Belarus and Russia respectively. Below their names is the date of discovery, 21 Nov 2012.
At bottom is the comet's date of perihelion (28 Nov 2013) and distance from the Sun at perihelion (in AU), and the date of closest passage to Earth (26 Dec 2013) and distance from the Sun then (in AU).
Hope you guys like it! Free to use.
Hey Starfinder! That indeed is very nice! You should email those 2 discoverers the pic! ^_^
Thanks.
Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Weather permitting, catch Comet ISON in Singapore tomorrow early morning! Easy to find! Comet-Mars-Regulus in a line!
Image Credit: Stellarium 0.12.2
Image Credit: Stellarium 0.12.2
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Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Amazing CometISON + Mars + Regulus photo recently captured by Chris Schur! Must see!
Canon power!
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_up ... d_id=87965
Canon power!
http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_up ... d_id=87965
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email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Mars, Regulus spotted with naked eyes rising from the east NOW!
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Did you managed to spot the comet ?
From the photo it looks pretty dim.
From the photo it looks pretty dim.
We are the Borg, Resistance is Futile!
Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Hi Sam. Didn't manage to see in 10" dob early this morning even though Mar and Regulus were visible from about 5am till the sky turn light blue - the best night/morning we had in the past few of weeks. Sky condition still not that clear enough and ISON still very dim visually under SG skies. Managed to sketch some stars I see around Mars and Regulus and try to correlate them to star charts to improve my visual memory of where the comet should be. Looking forward to catching ISON in 12" Mewlon in the coming weeks!Sam Lee wrote:Did you managed to spot the comet ?
From the photo it looks pretty dim.
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email: gary[at]astro.sg
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Re: Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - bright in late 2013
Going to stay up tonight or at least wake up at 4 am to see jupiter , will my 127 mm scope able to see the moons of jupiter ?
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