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Ikeya-Zhang Now Visible

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."

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  1. Not as Bright as Hale-Bopp by nickynicky9doors · · Score: 4, Funny
    Check out space.com.

    Hale-Bopp was awesome and it had the added advantage of culling the low end of the gene pool.

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  2. We are no longer the knights who say "ne", by Lord+Ender · · Score: 4, Funny

    we are the knights who say "icky icky Ikeya-Zhang zoooboing!"

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