Posted by
michael
on from the head-in-the-stars dept.
TrinSF writes "SFGate.com, run by the San Francisco Chronicle, has a story on Comet Ikeya-Zhang. It's on a 350 year cycle, and should be visible to the naked eye in some places over the next few weeks. Here's a gallery of pictures, too."
The best way to find the comet right now after twilight, Jones said, is to look below and to the right of the ruddy planet Mars, which lies above bright Venus, "a clenched fist or two above the western horizon," as Jones put it.
That has to be one of the best ways I've heard to describe how to find something in the sky:)
"screwball" is such a tough to define word, really, we should be careful not to accuse any organization of being a cult. I, for one, have told my followers that the comet will only take those of us pure of heart and mind, so most outsiders are safe from our plans for global domination. rest easy, brothers, I'm making applesauce only for us chosen few.
Hale-Bopp was awesome and it had the added advantage of culling the low end of the gene pool.
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Re:Comet Madness?
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phillymjs
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'anticomet pills' guaranteeing protection from the comet's noxious fumes, were bought up eagerly.
Well, I'm off to eBay to post a few pill bottles full of Skittles with the "S" logos rubbed off!
This'll be as easy as selling Nikes to Heaven's Gaters.:-)
~Philly
Take a good look at that comet.
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Anonymous Coward
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A comet that strikes the earth will look just like that except will increase in size up until impact.
One day, you'll be outside doing some chores, and then will notice that you have more than one shadow. that shadow will sweep past the original like the arm of a stopwatch. And then....you can eat all the cookies and icecream you want.
We are no longer the knights who say "ne",
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Lord+Ender
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we are the knights who say "icky icky Ikeya-Zhang zoooboing!"
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Since I missed my salvation the first time around with Hale-Bopp, I can now be saved! Where should I get in line?
That has to be one of the best ways I've heard to describe how to find something in the sky
"screwball" is such a tough to define word, really, we should be careful not to accuse any organization of being a cult. I, for one, have told my followers that the comet will only take those of us pure of heart and mind, so most outsiders are safe from our plans for global domination. rest easy, brothers, I'm making applesauce only for us chosen few.
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Hale-Bopp was awesome and it had the added advantage of culling the low end of the gene pool.
heuristic algorithm seeks stochastic relationship
'anticomet pills' guaranteeing protection from the comet's noxious fumes, were bought up eagerly.
:-)
Well, I'm off to eBay to post a few pill bottles full of Skittles with the "S" logos rubbed off!
This'll be as easy as selling Nikes to Heaven's Gaters.
~Philly
A comet that strikes the earth will look just like that except will increase in size up until impact.
One day, you'll be outside doing some chores, and then will notice that you have more than one shadow. that shadow will sweep past the original like the arm of a stopwatch. And then....you can eat all the cookies and icecream you want.
we are the knights who say "icky icky Ikeya-Zhang zoooboing!"
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
Dude, what the hell are you talking about? Comets are made from dust and ice, not Swedish wood...