Comet Lulin to arrive tonight [Green comet alert]

The Washington Times ^ | 2/23/09 | Jennifer Harper

[lakeprincess]

Its green, gassy, has two fins. A vintage Cadillac? No, it's Comet Lulin coming Monday tonight - astronomers, astrologers and George Noory all watching

[Boiling Pots]

Hoping for a clear night in Miami.

The comet should be under Saturn, in Leo.

[wastedyears]

Will it add to global warming?

[03A3]

Let’s hope Obama’s minions don their Nikes and purple jogging suits.

[Bigg Red]

The article is informative in many ways, but it fails to tell us where to look.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Up.

[Calusa]

Let’s hope Obama’s minions don their Nikes and purple jogging suits.

You're Bad! No comet watching for you.

[beethovenfan]

Will Al Gore be riding it?

[Brookhaven]

“Will it add to global warming?”

The funny/sad part is every fringe group will trumpet this as a sign (and drag others into their stupidity.)

Space aliens
End of the World
Evolution

I’m sure someone will even find a way to tie this to global warming.

[Bigg Red]

Can you please tell me exactly where to look? The only thing I can ever find is Venus and the Big Dipper. (Whenever I try to look at a star chart I become overwhelmed and can’t follow it. I am the same way with roadmaps.)

[WakeUpAndVote]

http://media.skyandtelescope.com/documents/Comet_Lulin_Feb13.pdf

Go here.

[IYAS9YAS]

I’m sure someone will even find a way to tie this to global warming.

Well, they did say it was a "green comet."

[TaraP]

I also posted on this as well

ninety million gallons in twenty four hours? EXACTLY and all this water is from a Poisonous Gas in Lulin..

Can it affect our water system?
AGAIN TIME WILL TELL IF IT IS THE WORMWOOD STAR IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION...

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Thanks to expat_panama for the website to find the comet.

[Wavrnr10]

try google

[pas]

The comet will be visible to the naked eye in clear night skies, about 45 degrees above the horizon in the southeastern skies, below Saturn. After 11 p.m. is ideal viewing time.

That wasn’t detailed enough for you?

[faloi]

45 degrees really doesn’t help unless we know whether it’s Fahrenheit or centigrade. /s

[Constitution Day]

The funny/sad part is every fringe group will trumpet this as a sign (and drag others into their stupidity.)

Rather unsurprisingly, some are even on this site:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2188550/posts

[Bigg Red]

That wasn’t detailed enough for you?

^^^
Okay, I’m officially a dope now. Thanks, I missed that. (Too much multitasking here today.)

[JrsyJack]

up!

[verga]

The comet will be visible to the naked eye in clear night skies, about 45 degrees above the horizon in the southeastern skies, below Saturn. After 11 p.m. is ideal viewing time.

[JrsyJack]

Wow...20 posts and no Uranis jokes, I am disappointed.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Are we sure it's a comet?

[al baby]

go to your room lmao

[IYAS9YAS]

The last paragraph of that post: I repeat, this particular comet, Lulin, will pass by us and is not the comet "Wormwood" of the Bible; a green, poisonous comet. But I believe this may be the first of many. Or it may be part of a larger debris field on its' way- it may have a partner. Things are certainly adding up.

Most on that post didn't bother to read the whole thing, but certainly bashed the poster as a nut.

[DManA]

You could see it for the past few days with binoculars. Pretty dim thought. Not sure you can see it in a big city.

[pabianice]

[Charles Martel]

I’m thinking more “Andromeda Strain” (the Arthur Hill version, not the recent putrid remake).

[rjsimmon]

Can you please tell me exactly where to look? The only thing I can ever find is Venus and the Big Dipper.

when you look at Venus, you are seeing the westernmost line of what we call the ecliptic. Follow that, in an arc, to the east, there you will find Orion. He is a large vertical rectangle with a series of bright stars as his belt and sword.

If you continue to follow to the east, at 10:00 +/- you will find Leo and then Virgo. Lulin will be at the border between these two constellations on the 23rd.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Uri’el-2012]

The article is informative in many ways, but it fails to tell us where to look.

Or when; It may be eastern time.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Looks like a picture of a tomato sandwich.

[Izzy Dunne]

GREEN COMET ALERT!

I got mine:

[Boiling Pots]

I know what you mean about the star charts...I just started an astronomy hobby recently. Actually, the best place to get started is in a big city by naked eye. Here is a star chart that you can change the viewing options, to make the chart much simpler http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/activities-nightsky-usa.cfm. (uncheck “deep sky”, uncheck “outlines” and “boundaries” for the constellations, uncheck “Bayer/Flamsteed” codes). I have the chart show me only stars with magnitudes of 3.5 or higher. Anything more than that, the chart has too many things to look it. At 3.5, it corresponds with what I can actually see from my urban area.

The first constellation you need to find is Orion. It is by far the easiest constellation in the sky to find. You will see three bright stars in a row (Orions belt) with a bright star on top (Betelgeuse) and a bright one on the bottom (Rigel). From there you need to find Procyon, which is to the “left” of Betelgeuse....keep toggling “left” and you will run into Leo and Saturn. The comet should be a tick below Saturn. Saturn is about twice the distance from Procyon as Procyon is from Betelgeuse.

[kalee]

ping

[rjsimmon]

Follow on:

http://www.skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn0902.pdf

This is a fairly simple chart to use. Look for Venus to the right of the chart and Orion roughly in the middle. With stars, time is everything. As the Earth rotates, you get a different view. Hold the chart towards a cardinal direction (East, West, etc.) and have that direction at the bottom of the chart. The sky should look similar.

The beauty is when you connect the big dots in the sky and you no longer need the chart!

[Dionysius]

It portends the “green” obsession destroying our economy.

[Conan the Librarian]

I recommend www.spaceweather.com. Good photos and maps.

Basically, look to the east. About 9:30 or so you will see the backwards question mark of Leo, and then, lower to the horizon, Saturn. Just below Saturn, you should see the comet.

It will NOT look like what it looks like in the photos.

If you have a good telescope, you might also want to check out Saturn tonight. There is a transit by 4 of Saturn’s moons, almost at the same time as Lulin reaches closest approach.

Those without scope or clear skies might also want to check out: http://www.ccssc.org/ The Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus, GA. They are doing live feed of the comet all night tonight and tomorrow morning.

[Cailleach]

http://www.heavens-above.com/comet.aspx?cid=C%2F2007%20N3&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=CET

[mountainbunny]

A glowing green comet is how about every other Sci-Fi movie in the 1950’s started.

So, when do the pod people show up, and is resistance futile?

[messierhunter]

It's not even the "first of many" though. There's absolutely nothing unusual about a green comet. Did many posters take what he said too far? Yes. Was his statement highly ignorant anyway? Yes.
Comet Machholz from 2005:

Lulin:

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Wow...20 posts and no Uranis jokes, I am disappointed.

There's a moratorium because Sean Penn won the Oscar for "Milk". If I recall his acceptance speech correctly, he wanted to marry Uranus.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Thanks for the heads up and a big one to all on this thread. Was great to see as I usually miss these due to bad info on the web and news giving wrong dates and times. My local news completely ignored it. Much better than when I saw the Comet Kotex ( Kohoutek ) in the early 70s.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks.

[Bigg Red]

Thank you.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks.

[Bigg Red]

Thanks for your help.