Posted on 08/25/2018 10:59:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Giacobini-Zinners return in 2018 is a promising one as it passes the Earth at a distance of 0.39 au. In June, 2018, 21p will be observable from modest sized telescopes sitting in the constellation of Cygnus reaching a brightness of magnitude 11 by month end. Although for many in the northern hemisphere, the sky will not reach true astronomical darkness all month. Between 17-21 June, the comet will skim past the Mexico region of the North America nebula making for a nice widefield shot for photographers (again battling the twilight). The comet will then brighten rapidly through July and August by which time the nucleus may reach naked eye visibility. Rising in the late evenings, 21p remains well placed for observation for most of the summer.
On the night of 03 September, the comet will lie just over 1 degree from bright star Capella in Auriga making it much easier to locate. The comet reaches closest approach on the night 10/11 September, 2018 after which it rises after midnight. Current predictions peak at magnitude 6, so only just within the naked eye threshold. Through the summer months, comet 21p passes within close visual proximity to quite few deep sky objects during its journey through Cygnus, Camelopardalis, Auriga and Monoceros.
(Excerpt) Read more at cometwatch.co.uk ...
Beautiful GREEN Comet!...............
Green Comet! Lol!
That Comet/Falcon eventually became the MUSTANG!.................
Never heard that before. Interesting.
“The Mercury Comet is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from 19621969 and 1971-1977 variously as either a compact or an intermediate car.
The Comet was initially based on the compact Ford Falcon, then on the intermediate Ford Fairlane and finally on the compact Ford Maverick. As a Mercury, early Comets received better grade interior trim than concurrent Falcons, and a slightly longer wheelbase.
Relationship to the Edsel:
The Comet was originally planned as an Edsel model. Ford announced the end of the Edsel program on November 19, 1959. However, production of 1960 Edsels continued until late November. The Comet was reassigned to the Lincoln-Mercury division to sell at Mercury-Comet dealerships, where it was marketed as a stand-alone product for 1960 and 1961 as the Comet without any Mercury divisional badging.
Developed concurrently with the Ford Falcon, early pre-production photographs of the sedan show a car remarkably close to the Comet that emerged, but with a split grille following the pattern established by Edsel models. Early Ford styling mules for the station wagon model carried the Edsel name as well.
At their debut, the split grille was replaced by one more in keeping with Mercury’s design themes. However, the canted elliptical taillights, first seen on the Edsel prototype, were used and carried the “E” (Edsel) part number on them.
While the short lived 1960 Edsels used elliptical shaped taillights, the lenses used on both cars differed in length and width. Certain other parts from the 1959 Edsel parts bin, including the parking lights and dashboard knobs, were used on the first-year Comet. Keys for the 1960 and 1961 Comets were shaped like Edsel keys, with the center bar of the “E” removed to form a “C”.
The “comet” name was trademarked to Cotner-Bevington as the Comet Coach Company, building ambulance and hearse commercial vehicles. Ford bought the name in 1959.
Overview:
From 1960-1965, the Comet was based on the Ford Falcon platform (stretched 5 in (130 mm) for sedans, but not for wagons). The 1960-1963 Comets share a similar basic shape. These are sometimes referred to as the “round body” Comets. For 1962 and 1963, the Comet shared a considerable number of body and mechanical parts with the short-lived Fairlane-based Mercury Meteor intermediate.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Comet#1964%E2%80%931965
My brother had a 72 Green Maverick...............
It’s and Environmentalist Comet................
They were near the bottom of my Best Fords list.
Triffids !
Ford should revive the Galaxy, Comet, Falcon and Futura names...........
I love the old Comets like in post 23.
You can see the roof rear outline the same as the early Mustangs...............
Reference bump!
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