Who is watching the comet?

[riff]

One of my fondest memories is standing in the backyard in the early 70's watching a comet with my big grown-up daddy.

There is a comet out there that is right now at night. I just saw on CNN that a good time to watch it after the Easter holidays will be April 4th before sunrise.

Awesome! My break will be over then and I will resume awakening at 4 or 430AM. I'm gonna see it!

Someone please remind me to watch!

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I watched the last one for days with a pair of binoculars -- very clear, very spectacular.

 

[riff]

Tried to do a naked eye the other night, but the light conditions were terrible. Not to mention the moon was nearly full or full.

 

[kotori]

Yeah, I had a '62 Mercury Comet, sort of like a Falcon with little stubby fins, and . . . wrong solar system.

 

[riff]

Yeah, I had a '62 Mercury Comet, sort of like a Falcon with little stubby fins, and . . . wrong solar system.

heheheh smart ass! HAHAHAHA

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Somewhere in Manhattan a gypsy is telling a client "See! A harbinger of doom, as the cards foretold! I'll need another $500 to remove the curse..."

 

[kotori]

I'll need another $500 . . .

Yeah, that's about how much my Comet cost. Wonder what it would be worth now.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Alright, alright, we'll talk about your car. What color was it? Were the headlights pretty? What's it got under the hood?

 

[Rambling Rose]

This gypsy says, "It'll cost you another $500 to remove the car!"

http://www.songnet.com/cmajor/comet.jpg

 

[kotori]

Well mine was a four-door in baby-shit brown, but Rosalita, you've done it again.

 

[JazzManJim]

Comet Ikeya-Zhang is the third comet I've had the pleasure to see in recent years. This is a pretty rare thing, as naked-eye comets dont' come around all that much. But add to this one, comet Kyakutake, and Comet Hale-Bopp (though, dammit, I missed my ride with those California folks!!) and you have something you can tell your kids about.

Here is some viewing information, which you can get for areas very close to yours.

It may be the ultra-geek thing to do, but watching a comet is just pretty cool.

 

[angelika]

re: viewing info

Thanks Jim for the link.

 

[JazzManJim]

Re: re: viewing info

Thanks Jim for the link.

My pleasure.

Did I mention that I'm a huge astronomy geek?

 

[angelika]

Re: Re: re: viewing info

Did I mention that I'm a huge astronomy geek?

You may have mentioned it before, but since I'm still new (although no longer a virgin ) it's good info to know.

 

[Harbinger]

Somewhere in Manhattan a gypsy is telling a client "See! A harbinger of doom, as the cards foretold! I'll need another $500 to remove the curse..."

Why does it have to always be "Harbinger of doom"? Why do I have to be blamed for all this negativity? Can we maybe have some references to "Harbinger of Fun", "Harbinger of mind blowing orgasms" or even "Harbinger of Sapphire Bombay martinis, not too dry, with a twist"? I don't recall any mention of "sexy-girl of doom", "cymbidia of doom" or "KillerMuffin of doom". Okay, I admit I'm not 100% sure on the KillerMuffin one, but she's way scarier than me, anyways! It's just another example of how cruel and heartless this board really is, to single out a pretty much almost innocent person like me, and then compare them to a comet!

And JazzMan, I don't care what you say, I don't think you are a geek, and astronomy is cool.