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How many of you seen comets with your naked eyes?
DIR By: Shiva
Date: January 1, 2013, 7:20 am
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Sadly, I did not see any and did not get a chance to see them
either. I missed Hale-Bopp in 1995 and Hyakutake in 1996
(massive non periodic comets) when I was studying in school. I
did not have any idea about comets at that time. But, recently
in 2007, I had missed Mcnaught too. It was visible in some parts
of the world but could not see with our naked eyes. Again, in
2010, I missed Comet Lulin, could not see with our naked eyes
again. I went to planetarium. Sadly, they closed in the evening
and seemed they were not aware of this spectacular event. I
always have the dream of watching comets especially the non
periodic ones as most of them are quite big enough to see with
our unaided eyes. Let's see whether I will get any chance to see
atleast one in the near future. I've noticed they did not
mention future perihelion for some non periodic comets and they
have not calculated the orbital period for some. It seems they
will not make it in this century as most are 200+ AU away from
here. So, we should watch out for the new ones. Let's see :-)
Shiva
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Re: How many of you seen comets with your naked eyes?
DIR By: Michel
Date: January 1, 2013, 2:57 pm
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I think i saw the 2010 one, although not popularized in my
country. Really its quite difficult for me to even recognise
astronomical events...
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Re: How many of you seen comets with your naked eyes?
DIR By: Shiva
Date: January 2, 2013, 2:14 am
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oh cool, you lucky :)
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Re: How many of you seen comets with your naked eyes?
DIR By: Sobia Sarwar
Date: January 2, 2013, 2:40 am
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i did not see comets bt i want to see
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