Posted on 01/03/2017 8:35:33 PM PST by BenLurkin
“Mercury Comet”
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Man, talk about failing memory. I had forgotten that model.
Wow, that’s some powerful animation!
Comet
It will make your teeth turn green
Comet
It tastes like gasoline
Comet
It’ll make you vomit
So get some Comet, and vomit, today
Sweet
My friend and I pulled an all nighter on a work night to see Hyakutake from Mount Pinos. The tail was about 75 or 80° long. Not quite halfway across the sky but it sure seemed like it. :-) I recall a scientist at that time proving that even if the tail were visible to infinity it still would not have reached 90°.
I used to be a regular at Pinos on new moon Saturday nights, but the crowds became too much for me. Now we do Kennedy Meadows or red rock canyon or Springville.
After market motor
65 Comet biggest power offering was a 289 cui with almost that amount of horsepower
I think it was a last minute option for those who shied from the new car.... the Mustang
And it was a double hood scoop not single
Comets like Galaxies are some of the last reasonable priced 60s HP cars
Pretty much the whole sky, IIRC.
With a fairly decent telescope you could even see it as it moved minute to minute.
Telescope, Schmelescope! It covered the whole sky, remember? And you could watch it move if you could sit still for a minute. I don't know when there's ever been another like it.
I took my wife out that night, and we watched through the "moon roof" of my Honda Accord. I call those the "comet days" of Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp.
A comet hitting the earth that size will be traveling at Mach CCV not that crawl speed in the video and will destroy the planet immediately
The kinetic hit will be like a giant space javelin
It’ll be over fast as the earth breaks apart
I saw that comet while my ship was cruising through the Indian Ocean. It was amazing.
My great aunt saw the 1910 visit. It was the one pictured in all the astronomy books in the 50s. It was spectacular. The earth passed through the tail. 1986, the one for my lifetime was “meh”. I can say I saw it through my 10 inch Dobsonian, but there wasn’t that much to see. Hyakutaki was the comet of my lifetime (so far).
Hale-Bopp was my favorite, which was visible about November 1996 to January 1997. For whatever reason, Hyakutake wasn’t very visible in southern Cal.
I say, if it’s visible, we call it the Trump Comet!
“Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle:
Should we invest in black Nikes and purple robes?
Likewise. Spent young years getting psyched for Halley’s comet. Practically below the horizon, didn’t see it. Hoping to last until next appearance.
“Wow, that’s some powerful animation!”
I *think* it’s from some tv show about the different ways the world could end, but I’m not entirely sure.
You’re probably right. It says at the top left of the gif “documentary” “violent planet”
Yes, that unfortunately always crosses my mind too when I see the bright pair on a nice clear night. It is a spectacular sight though.
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