Comet approaching Earth.....ETA Nov.6

103P/Hartley 2 Discovered 1986-Mar-15 by Hartley, Malcolm at U. K. Schmidt Telescope Unit,
Siding Spring. November 6th 2010 ought to give us a very good look at it as it crosses Earths
path soon after that.

ssd.jpl.nasa.gov...

Thanks for the heads up!

If its close enough Ill have to bust out the scope and take a look.

Should be fun

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Wish I had a telescope, I'd love to take a closer look myself.

Good catch & good link. S&F.

The JPL link you provided (I love that site!) says that closest approach & max brightness will be around October 21/22. It barely cracks 10th magnatude, but it'll be a good telescope target. Thanx!

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.12 AU on Oct 30.

Should be a nice sight. It wont come around again till 2016 eh?

Originally posted by jonathan0220
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.12 AU on Oct 30.

Should be a nice sight. It wont come around again till 2016 eh?

edit on 3-10-2010 by jonathan0220 because: spelling.

Actually it crosses our path again around December 29 2010 at 0.436 AU on the way out..........

Originally posted by Saint Exupery
Good catch & good link. S&F.

The JPL link you provided (I love that site!) says that closest approach & max brightness will be around October 21/22. It barely cracks 10th magnatude, but it'll be a good telescope target. Thanx!

You are welcome!

I'll be observing this comet on the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii later this month as part of my research. It's a pretty amazing opportunity.

Originally posted by AshOnMyTomatoes
I'll be observing this comet on the Keck II Telescope in Hawaii later this month as part of my research. It's a pretty amazing opportunity.

oohhhh....some people have all the luck, see if you can get some pics and post them on here eh?
(have fun whilst there too )

Edit: Source for the thread was Rense.com additional link Spaceweather.com

www.rense.com...
www.spaceweather.com...

Found Nostradamus' Quatrain today concerning a bearded star, I hope it has nothing to do with this Comet?

Century 2, Number 43.

"At the time that the bearded star is seen,
Three great leaders will become enemies,
Earthquakes and disaster falling from the heavens,
The Po and Tiber Rivers flooding,
A serpent is seen on the shore."

Just read about the Hartley 2 comet. Very exciting. Wish I had a telescope. Or even just a dark sky would do. (damned street lights) NASA's Deep Impact probe is on it's way to inspect it. I just hope it doesn't bump into it and send it spiralling towards earth. One mile wide is HUGE.

www.guardian.co.uk...

And the name of the star that burns like a torch was called Bitterness.
That's as close as I could get.
Hartley Brewery, in Ulverston, Cumbria from c.1754 until about 1989.

Originally posted by jazz10
And the name of the star that burns like a torch was called Bitterness.
That's as close as I could get.
Hartley Brewery, in Ulverston, Cumbria from c.1754 until about 1989.

That made the waters bitter "Wormwood". Revelations, KJV Bible

en.wikipedia.org...(star)

I don't think this one will burn as bright as a torch but bitterness could be a good description.
Apparently it might be made of some nasty stuff.

The comet’s greenish hue is due to gases in its atmosphere, which may include cyanogen, a poisonous gas found in many comets, and diatomic carbon. Both gases glow green when illuminated by sunlight in the near-vacuum of space.

Originally posted by wigit
I don't think this one will burn as bright as a torch but bitterness could be a good description.
Apparently it might be made of some nasty stuff.

The comet’s greenish hue is due to gases in its atmosphere, which may include cyanogen, a poisonous gas found in many comets, and diatomic carbon. Both gases glow green when illuminated by sunlight in the near-vacuum of space.

methinks anything inanimate entering Earths atmosphere will be bright as a "Star" don't you?

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I suppose it will, but this comet wont. I HOPE!

We will have the 20" mak/cass scope on it,
and a 30' Dobson.
Most likey the 10 and 14" scopes also,
but Im excited to get the 20' and 30' on it. lol

I think we will be able to get some pictures with the 20".

if so, Ill post em up.

man, getting to use the KeckII would be freekin amazing!
congrats man, enjoy!

clear skies. *

Originally posted by wigit
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I suppose it will, but this comet wont. I HOPE!

I don't think so either, 11 million miles is still far to us (even if it is only a drop in the bucket
considering the vast expanse of the Universe).

hmm interesting.

second line

Originally posted by tim3lord
hmm interesting.

second line

I know that I know nothing that said, even nothing is something.