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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught
NASA ^
| November 17, 2013
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 11/17/2013 7:57:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, grew a spectacularly long and filamentary tail. The magnificent tail spread across the sky and was visible for several days to Southern Hemisphere observers just after sunset. The amazing tail showed its greatest extent on long-duration, wide-angle camera exposures. During some times, just the tail itself estimated to attain a peak brightness of magnitude -5 (minus five), was caught by the comet's discoverer in the above image just after sunset in January 2007 from Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. Comet McNaught, the brightest comet in decades, then faded as it moved further into southern skies and away from the Sun and Earth. Within the next two weeks of 2013, rapidly brightening Comet ISON might sprout a tail that rivals even Comet McNaught.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; cometmcnaught; science
[Credit & Copyright: Robert H. McNaught]
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posted on
11/17/2013 7:57:12 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
11/17/2013 7:58:28 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Pardon the interruption, but some jack-a-napes had the URLs switched, so that the large was the small etc. Note also that this pic is from 2007.
The Big One
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posted on
11/17/2013 7:59:57 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv
What rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
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posted on
11/17/2013 8:09:06 AM PST
by
MUDDOG
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/17/2013 8:09:57 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(APOD Bump)
To: SunkenCiv
Is that Debbie Wasserman Schultz watching the comet? I think her Mayonnaise perm need a touch-up.
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posted on
11/17/2013 8:17:58 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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posted on
11/17/2013 9:04:17 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: MUDDOG
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posted on
11/17/2013 3:30:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: COBOL2Java

I thought it was Beaker.
To: fieldmarshaldj
I thought it was Beaker.Well, now, have you ever seen Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Beaker in the same room together?
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posted on
11/17/2013 4:14:44 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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