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Post by mikeyp on Sept 24, 2018 20:06:43 GMT
We shouldn't tempt fate but...... here's one to look forward to:
Comet 46P/Wirtanen is a small short-period comet with an orbital period of 5.4 years. Discovered by Carl A. Wirtanen in 1948 at the Lick Observatory, California, USA. The comet reaches perihelion on 12 December, 2018 and is expected to reach magnitude 3, well within naked eye visibility. This would make it the brightest comet since C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) reached a similar magnitude during the twilight hours in April 2013. 46P will be well placed in December residing in Taurus. The ice rock will then pass between the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters just before closest approach where it will reach a distance of 0.078 AU (11.6m kilometers) from the Earth on 18 December. Given the relatively close approach to the Earth, the nucleus of Wirtanen should appear reasonably large in the sky.
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Post by nighthawk on Sept 25, 2018 17:22:41 GMT
We shouldn't tempt fate but...... here's one to look forward to: Comet 46P/Wirtanen is a small short-period comet with an orbital period of 5.4 years. Discovered by Carl A. Wirtanen in 1948 at the Lick Observatory, California, USA. The comet reaches perihelion on 12 December, 2018 and is expected to reach magnitude 3, well within naked eye visibility. This would make it the brightest comet since C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) reached a similar magnitude during the twilight hours in April 2013. 46P will be well placed in December residing in Taurus. The ice rock will then pass between the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters just before closest approach where it will reach a distance of 0.078 AU (11.6m kilometers) from the Earth on 18 December. Given the relatively close approach to the Earth, the nucleus of Wirtanen should appear reasonably large in the sky. You had to Mike, you just had to
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Post by richdavies on Sept 25, 2018 21:30:48 GMT
It will probably melt before it gets anywhere near here now.
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Post by nighthawk on Sept 27, 2018 13:52:51 GMT
It will probably melt before it gets anywhere near here now. What about when it gets near to Milford? It was pretty cold there this morning
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