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Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/24/2020 3:07:45 PM

Zorch

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As if we didn't have enough harbingers of doom, a bright comet may soon be visible. https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/blogs/comet-atlas-so-bright-how-see-it

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/24/2020 4:16:27 PM

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Oh I love the green ones and the aqua ones. So pretty.

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/25/2020 1:30:36 PM

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Gaseous C2 emits a green colour that could become visible to naked eye in mid-April. Comet ATLAS might run out of gas, crumbling and fading as it approaches the Sun.

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/25/2020 5:45:54 PM

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He's coming right at us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwW_5kialI

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/27/2020 3:47:38 AM

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Seems this 2x as big as Jupiter comet\s has been talked about since 2003..

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/27/2020 7:18:01 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: wodin

Seems this 2x as big as Jupiter comet\s has been talked about since 2003..

Except it wasn't discovered until late December last year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/27/2020 2:28:22 PM

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It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/27/2020 2:38:34 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

Red

Thank you.

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/27/2020 6:17:23 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

Red

Can it be seen without visual aid?

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RE: Comet ATLAS is Coming! - 3/28/2020 2:04:43 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Lobster

quote:

ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

Red

Can it be seen without visual aid?

Not yet, but it seems we will be able to see it once it�s closer to earth, sometime in May...
https://theskylive.com/c2019y4-info

You�re welcome Zorch.

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