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Comet McNaught Visible in Broad Daylight

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so's-yer-mom dept.

AbsoluteXyro writes "As the amateur astronomers among us already know, Comet McNaught has been gracing the early morning and late evening skies... as it approaches the Sun, some estimate it has the potential to become 40 times brighter than Venus, or a magnitude of -8.8! In fact, it has recently been reported at SpaceWeather.com that Comet McNaught is now visible in broad daylight! From the article: "It's fantastic," reports Wayne Winch of Bishop, California. "I put the sun behind a neighbor's house to block the glare and the comet popped right into view. You can even see the tail.""

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  1. Put the Sun by blantonl · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I put the sun behind a neighbor's house to block the glare and the comet popped right into view. You can even see the tail."

    He moved the sun. Impressive.

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  2. Re:BINOCULARS WARNING - don't use in daytime by skoaldipper · · Score: 5, Funny

    PL ea ese m od parre nt up 1! I f on ly i h ad re ad thiis e a rrleier ,

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  3. Re:BINOCULARS WARNING - don't use in daytime by Tx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warning on telescope - "Do not view the sun with remaining eye".

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  4. Re:yeah, now only if it would stop raining outside by Dik+Zak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you won't see much more of it anymore, until it emerges from behind the sun.

    In the Southern Hemisphere it will be visible in the following week or so. It is raining right now here in the Kingdom of the Zulu, and the weather service expects the rain to persist for the whole of next week. We don't complain about rain here in Africa (except when there are floods of course) but this is inconvenient.

    I was seven years old in 1986, and I was really excited to see Halley's comet. The night that the comet was expected to be visible, I asked my mother to wake me up so that I can see it. The next morning, I asked her why she didn't wake me. She explained that I had been sleeping so peacefully, and that she didn't want to disturb me. I was bitterly upset. Oh well, 76 years isn't that long to wait.

  5. Re:Which model? by erpbridge · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just move them behind your neightbors house... the comet will take care of the rest.

  6. Re:He moved the sun. Impressive. by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first fool I see putting the sun behind my house is going to get his fucking head crushed between my outstretched thumb and forefinger.