'Comet of the century' nears Earth

Fox News ^ | July 18, 2013 | Megan Gannon

[dangus]

>> Can anyone say “Kohoutek”? <<

No, I’m too young so that I’ve only seen it in print. Is it Kah-hu-tek or Ka-how-tek, or KOE-ha-tek?

[dangus]

Hale Bopp. PBTTTT.
I want to see a tail, not just a fuzzy dot.

[Sopater]

PBTTTT?

[Renegade]

I heard it as Kah ho tek

[dangus]

That’s the chemical compound that gives raspberries their unique odor.

[Fiji Hill]

Can anyone say "Kohoutek"?

Or how about Halley's Comet, which I thought would put on a spectacular show when it arrived in 1975. Instead, it looked like just another star.

[Darteaus94025]

Helen Thomas's father

[Deathtomarxists]

“...when the comet runs” . . . The Seer Naustradamus foretold of the great war that would follow the appearance of the great comet. And as war reigns in Syria, Damascus shall cease to exist - and the great war shall begin...

oh woo is he who shall stand beneath the comet’s shadow on that horrible day. For then shall end the dominance of man and begin the second rule of demons. Fortunately, that will not last long.

[Noumenon]

I am hoping that it will be even more impressive that Hale-Bopp.

One can only hope wonder how many more looney-tune New Age hope 'n changers will decide to 'jump on board' Heavens Gate-style.

[Sopater]

PBTTTT?

That’s the chemical compound that gives raspberries their unique odor.

Oh, Okay....

[Calvin Locke]

Don't know. Kohoutek is the [last] name of the Czech discoverer.

From memory, Kah/KOE-hu-tek, depending on which anchor/reporter/guest astronomer was on the tube back then.

[Disambiguator]

Can anyone say "Kohoutek"?

The music it inspired was more interesting than the comet itself.

This was their first album, pre-Steve Perry (a.k.a. Shrieking Vocalist).

[dangus]

No, I was kidding. It’s how you spell the noise made by a “raspberry.”

[Calvin Locke]

1975? Try 1986. It did breath new life into the telescope market for a while.

[Calvin Locke]

Bad Link.

[Political Junkie Too]

Comet Hyakutake was a better view, because it was closer. I watched it every night for nearly a month as it flew by the Earth. Hale-Bopp was smaller and brighter, but also closer to the horizon.

-PJ

[Mr. K]

Hale-Bop was pretty cool

I had to drive far away from the city, because when I looked up (at my house) I saw nothing

I was expecting a small splotch of light with a tail- it was like 1/4 OF THE SKY!! at least 5 times the width of the full moon

[stormer]

Hardly a "fuzzy dot".

For what it's worth, if predictions are accurate, no living person will have seen as bright a comet. I'm pretty excited.

[Frapster]

Just curious.

[steve86]

I used a Russian-surplus light-intensifying scope, out in the country, and found I didn’t need it, but it did expand the apparent size to more like 1/3 the sky (IIRC).