[Calpernia]

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[missyme]

More regarding the Current Comets:

Jan. 14, 2005. Cassini spaceraft orbiting Saturn has sent the Huygens probe to land on Saturn's moon Titan on Jan. 14 2005. This could be an important time for the world! This is big! Note that Titan in Greek totals 666. So this landing on Titan is likely connected with the Antichrist. Note that Titan/666/Antichrist revolves around Saturn/Satan. Note that the Cassini spacecraft passed close by earth in August 1999 as Putin rose to power in Russia to second in command. So there appears to be a holographic connection between the Cassini spacecraft's trip to Saturn/Satan and Putin's rise to power to be Antichrist. Watch to see if the crisis in the Ukraine worsens then; I think Putin will pull off some kind of dirty trick to make sure the his candidate wins the Ukraine election. Also note that this is just after Russian Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7 2005. And Saturn/Satan reaches opposition on Jan. 13 2005. So Putin is likely to reach full 666 Antichrist power in Jan. 2005. And note that both Mars and Pluto are in the horse/man sign Sagittarius then, indicating that the Death and War horsemen could be riding then. Worldwide SARS or Flu epidemic? Muslim terrorism? The Ukraine crisis?

[Hunble]

That is the first photo of this comet that I have seen.

No wonder that I could not see the tail. The "fuzz ball" is visible with my naked eye, but even with binoculars, I could not see a tail.

Thanks, you just answered this very frustrated person's question.

[Prospero]

Helps to have dark sky. Helps to be familiar with this most familiar of areas of the sky, more south of zenith, almost overhead, right of Orion, below Taurus and a moon's width (not exact) below the Seven Sisters.

EZ with binoculars... looks like a distant star shell with a parachute.

They're calling it The Green Comet, and it does look a tinge green, at that.

1,200 year orbit, with a parahelion a bit less than than an AU. Already on it's way out, I think, way, way out to the Oort Cloud.

I wonder why it's green.

[HP8753]

Great site for info on viewing Comet and Meteor Shower

Comets and Meteor Showers

[TAquinas]

"Is Comet Machholz the star mentioned in Matthew’s gospel?"

I think it's the same one. How can it be a different one? If it were a different one, it would not have appeared during Christmas. Logic.

[mtg]

My wife and I saw it through binoculars 2 nights ago. Since it was 6 degrees below zero, I decided not to fool with the telescope. City lights dimmed the view a bit, but it showed a pretty bright nucleus.

[LTCJ]

I was able to observe it last night with the naked eye after only 2-3 minutes of dark-adapting. Spectacular sky conditions for having hit a high of 73 today.

Worth the effort if the weather conditions permit viewing tonight.

< Sheepish confession > Had several days frustration getting my software to give me a 'skytrack'. Dern thing just wouldn't get above the horizon. Only to realize I was downloading TLEs for another Machholz comet... Dohhhh.

[SunkenCiv]

Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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