[NormsRevenge]

Pete Lawrence captured this stunning photograph over the skies of Selsey, West Sussex, UK on October 24, 2006. He writes “Comet Swan appears to have brightened. In magnitude +5.5 skies with incoming cloud, I estimated it to be magnitude +4.6 on the evening of the 24th October - a fairly easy naked eye comet! The tail is now showing some interesting features too.”

More pics Here.

[KoRn]

Nice!

[Charles Henrickson]

"Planet Earth about to be recycled. . . ."

[nevergore]

It's the mark of the end of times.....the omen....

whoooooohhhh....whooooooooh.....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Beautiful..

[MarineBrat]

Saw it tonight from my back yard. I didn't have the energy to haul the scope out, but just used some 7x50 binoculars. The tail was barely detectable, but the nucleus was easy to spot.

[Larry Lucido]

Striking Green Comet

It's on strike? Well, at least it's environmentally friendly.

[RandallFlagg]

Meh.
The comet we saw while we were cruising back home on the USS PELELIU through the Indian Ocean in '95 was bigger.
Place your palms together, put them over your head and open your arms about 3.5 feet.
That was how big that comet was. I learned years later that it had some Japanese name starting with the letter, "H." But I called it my Birthday Comet since that's when it arrived.

[catholicfreeper]

So I like live in the South. What direction should I be looking tomorrow night and what time

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Cool!

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[Toby06]

FYI, something to do with your new scope.

[SunkenCiv]

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Merely of possible interest; also, comets focussing due to an undiscovered large body is one of the planet X models.

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[concentric circles]

- Look West and not as high as the bright star Vega -

[He Rides A White Horse]

Wow! Striking Green Comet Suddenly Visible in Evening Sky - Comet Swan

You sure it wasn't the Lunesta butterfly?

Just kidding.....

[SunkenCiv]

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/04/06 | Michael Jäger & Gerald Rhemann
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1713905/posts

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/19/06 | Andrea Tamanti
Posted on 10/19/2006 8:58:06 PM EDT by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1722612/posts

[SunkenCiv]

related:

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/04/06 | Michael Jäger & Gerald Rhemann
Posted on 10/04/2006 9:05:32 PM EDT by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1713905/posts

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/19/06 | Andrea Tamanti
Posted on 10/19/2006 8:58:06 PM EDT by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1722612/posts

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 11/6/06 | Ray Gralak
Posted on 11/06/2006 9:18:26 PM EST by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1733692/posts