The comet is coming!! The comet is coming!!

[alfredo]

Monday's APOD has the details

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[LeftCoast]

1. Better get your white tennis shoes ready

:D

[alfredo]

2. Can we skip the neutering?

I've grown accustomed to my hanging twins.

[Ruffhowse]

9. Don't they have to be a particular style of Nike shoes? And we can't

forget the velvet covering cloths.

[Fridays Child]

3. Beautiful! And it should be visible in the US, soon.

Maybe it's an omen.

[burrowowl]

4. WoW!

Here is hoping it keeps on being bright for view from the N Hemispere.
I was so excited about Halley and it was a dud.

[shraby]

5. I missed Halley too

I was in the wrong part of the country under clouds. Waited 40 years to be able to see it, too.

[alfredo]

16. Halley's was a big disappointment, but

soon after we had two terrific comets Hale-Boop was beautiful. The next one was even prettier.

[c0lin]

18. not to mention..

all those nice people got to be cool for once and meet aliens!

[pres2032]

6. that's an awsome picture!

thanks for sharing!!

[alfredo]

17. tonight's image is very good too.

Check it out.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. Any info as to when/where it will be seen over US?

Went to the page and looked at the charts, but they don't make a lot of sense to me. Would love to be on the lookout for this one!

THX in advance for anyone who posts info re: path over northern hemisphere. :party:

[FM Arouet666]

8. Thanks, and I just bought a telescope

Thanks for the link also, now if I can figure out how to use the thing, maybe I can view the comet.

[alfredo]

11. Actually, for comets, binoculars are best. If you do use

a telescope, use the lowest power.

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. Kick

:kick: for coolness :hippie:

[burrowowl]

12. Kick again

for others to see!

[jeff30997]

13. One more kick !

Just for the kick of it.

[havocmom]

14. A couple of cool sites for sky watchers, in case you haven't seen them:

http://www.spaceweather.com/ This one has an email service that will let you know when something cool is going on in the sky. You can look at, or upload & share, pictures of sky events. The gallery is very cool and there are usually great shots.

For auroral activity, this is a cool site.
http://sec.noaa.gov/pmap/index.html
I usually have it running on a tab on my browser most evenings as things change often.

Too hobbled up with back pain tonight to go comet watching :( Hope tomorrow will be better.

[Deja Q]

15. Oh for heaven's gate, this is all getting silly...

Awesome pic! But don't expect me to die over it or be conned into doing so. :D

[alfredo]

19. Oh really?

You know the comet people will give you all the Ben and Jerry's ice cream you want.
The only catch, no nuts.