~NOV 13 comet Ison/Enke '15 times brighter in our sky than a full moon'?, page 1

www.dailymail.co.uk...
Comet 'shining 15 times brighter than moon' will fly by our planet in 2013

It is currently moving inwards from beyond Jupiter, and as it approaches the Earth, the 'dirty snowball' could produce a dazzling display, burning brighter than the moon and potentially being visible in broad daylight.

really....that bright....

or are they exaggerating?

and what about Encke i can't find much on that one...

reply to post by minnow

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He is maybe the one that was called Nibiru in the past. One of the pictures from the article you give matches with the picture i had seen when they firstly spotted Nibiru. It is the picture with the comment that says two russians scientists... Hope i have helped you.

Already a thread about this.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

reply to post by Pervius

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You LIE!

It's actually

Madagascar
Algeria
Belarus
Uruguay
Singapore

Prove me wrong.

reply to post by minnow

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This comet is in the third dimension we will be in the forth by that time and will be of no consequence to us.

Originally posted by Saint Exupery
reply to post by Pervius

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You LIE!

It's actually

Madagascar
Algeria
Belarus
Uruguay
Singapore

Prove me wrong.

Personally I thought it was
Mauratania
Armenia
Belgium
Uganda
Senegal

I could be wrong :-)

reply to post by mikellmikell

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THAN a full moon, I believe was the title.
........

Am definitely excited over this event, and hope it will be as predicted.

Two girls from the Valley wake up to find that a passing comet has eradicated their world and left behind a mysterious red-dust and a pack of cannibal mutants. With the help of a friendly truck driver, the girls save the earth from a villainous "think tank," karate chop their way through flesh-eating zombies, and, of course, find time to go to the mall.

Released in 1984. Hmmmm.

reply to post by minnow

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never mind just hope i remember to remember

Originally posted by luciddream
15x brighter but how much bigger?

Not even accurate. Current projections are for the total magnitude (nucleus plus tail) to be about as bright as the full moon, not 15x brighter.
www.aerith.net...
The full moon reaches about magnitude -12.7, which is about the same as the peak on the lower graph (total comet magnitude).

I don't know where this 15x brighter nonsense came from (it would have to reach magnitude -15.68 to be 15x as bright at the moon), but please don't spread it. It's over-inflated hyped up claims like this that dilute real astronomy and lead to unmet expectations which make people less interested in real astronomy.

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