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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Announcing Comet Catalina
NASA ^ | August 18, 2015 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 08/18/2015 1:24:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Will Comet Catalina become visible to the unaided eye? Given the unpredictability of comets, no one can say for sure, but it seems like a good bet. The comet was discovered in 2013 by observations of the Catalina Sky Survey. Since then, Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) has steadily brightened and is currently brighter than 8th magnitude, making it visible with binoculars and long-duration camera images. As the comet further approaches the inner Solar System it will surely continue to intensify, possibly becoming a naked eye object sometime in October and peaking sometime in late November. The comet will reside primarily in the skies of the southern hemisphere until mid-December, at which time its highly inclined orbit will bring it quickly into northern skies. Featured above, Comet Catalina was imaged last week sporting a green coma and two growing tails.

August 18, 2015

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; c2013us10; catalina; catalinaskysurvey; comet; cometcatalina; comets; greencomet; retrograde; science
[Credit and Copyright: Ian Sharp]

1 posted on 08/18/2015 1:24:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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Another green comet!
The Big One

2 posted on 08/18/2015 1:26:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv
Looks like a flashlight to me:


3 posted on 08/18/2015 1:30:43 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: SunkenCiv
Comet Catalina was imaged last week sporting a green coma and two growing tails.

An omen?.......................

4 posted on 08/18/2015 1:32:27 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah, it’s an omen about how omens are BS. ;’)

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greencomet/index


5 posted on 08/18/2015 4:59:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s going to be a early morning comet in September/October. It MAY get bright, but, it’s gong to be hugging the Sun.

Later, in November, it will rise earlier and be higher in the sky, but, may not be as bright.

Keep looking UP!


6 posted on 08/19/2015 7:59:12 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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