vincent Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 (edited) Found this interesting http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/te...een_050117.html With a diameter of at least 450,000 kilometers, the coma of this comet is at least three times wider than the planet Jupiter. Edited January 17, 2005 by ripgut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj6ross Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 hmmm...I'll look tonight for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I hope it won't hit Earth :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 I was expecting someone to say a huge fricking comet would be hitting earth like next year :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted January 17, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted January 17, 2005 lol nothing ever hits earth... the atmosphere and our poluted ozone will defend us :D besides, its got another 6 planets to go threw, and a few moons before it gets close to earth :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aruvam Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 ^^ same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Will it not shrink considerably the closer it gets to our sun... with the ice melting n all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malisk Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Heh, cool, seems my astronomy simulator (Starry Night Pro 4.5) works right then :) Didn't know about this, but noticed it yesterday... Attaching a screenshot... (color depth lowered to 8 bits) A cool thing about it is that you can watch the sky from any celestial body you wish... Mars, Moon, Pluto, another star, a nebula, you name it ;) You can also travel to anywhere in its database; hundreds of thousands of objects. You can e.g. watch Earth from a moon on Mars or whatever. :D Not trying to advertise it, I just find it to be a cool piece of software. Celestia is another one that's free, and not too bad either. ;) (although it doesn't have real time data, so not sure if it has this comet in its database) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 ...just keep in mind 450,000 km is the diameter of the coma, not the nucleus. It'll be interesting to see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 ...just keep in mind 450,000 km is the diameter of the coma, not the nucleus. It'll be interesting to see! 585311344[/snapback] :pinch: doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 :omg: WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!! :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Heh, cool, seems my astronomy simulator (Starry Night Pro 4.5) works right then :)Didn't know about this, but noticed it yesterday... Attaching a screenshot... (color depth lowered to 8 bits) A cool thing about it is that you can watch the sky from any celestial body you wish... Mars, Moon, Pluto, another star, a nebula, you name it ;) You can also travel to anywhere in its database; hundreds of thousands of objects. You can e.g. watch Earth from a moon on Mars or whatever. :D Not trying to advertise it, I just find it to be a cool piece of software. Celestia is another one that's free, and not too bad either. ;) (although it doesn't have real time data, so not sure if it has this comet in its database) 585311305[/snapback] Thats awesome!!! Is that program free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Thats awesome!!! Is that program free? 585311365[/snapback] Don't think so: http://www.starrynight.com/pro.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Don't think so: http://www.starrynight.com/pro.html 585311377[/snapback] Ouch, googled it myself, sorry for asking such a stupid question. :$ Who the hell pays $199USD for that? =) I guess I'll try one of the free ones he suggested ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter-X Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 sounds intresting... :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajter Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Holy cr@p! :omg: That's awesome! :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Woah, thats pretty cool, thanks for the news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 cool beans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Floyd Veteran Posted January 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2005 that is huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajddin Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Ouch, googled it myself, sorry for asking such a stupid question. :$Who the hell pays $199USD for that? =) I guess I'll try one of the free ones he suggested ;) 585311387[/snapback] Their site clearly states "Advanced software for the serious astronomer," not "cheap software for the kid that wants to play around." I think that's well priced for professional science software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 Their site clearly states "Advanced software for the serious astronomer," not "cheap software for the kid that wants to play around." I think that's well priced for professional science software. 585311739[/snapback] I would pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=NoX=- Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Lol cool cant wait until it hits earth! :D :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code.Red Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Lol cool cant wait until it hits earth! :D :unsure: 585312649[/snapback] :rofl: Pretty cool news, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rablet Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Their site clearly states "Advanced software for the serious astronomer," not "cheap software for the kid that wants to play around." I think that's well priced for professional science software. 585311739[/snapback] Oh, you're right, my bad. Sorry :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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