Comet in Broad Daylight!

[Moonliner]

For the first freaking time in my life we have a comet sitting at a brightness of magnitude -8.8 That's 40 times brighter than venus! Bright enough to be seen in BROAD DAYLIGHT!

and of course it's been totally overcast here for the last week. ARRRRRRGGHHHH!!!

Go out and look for it (http://www.spaceweather.com/)if you are lucky enough to have a clear sky (http://www.spaceweather.com/images2007/15jan07/skymap_north.gif).

This is truly one not to miss.

[Gn2Dlnd]

Comet? COMET!!!!!

[Alex]

I don't see it, but I'm sure it is there and am not being patient enough.

[Ghoulish Delight]

I don't see it, but I'm sure it is there and am not being patient enough.
Have you tried looking outside?

[Not Afraid]

I looked for it yesterday but I only got a headache. I'll have to look later. The skies are crystal clear at the moment.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Almost too clear, I just went out for a look and was quickly blinded no matter how much shading of the sun I did.

[BarTopDancer]

Almost too clear, I just went out for a look and was quickly blinded no matter how much shading of the sun I did.

Were you blinded by the light?



buh da bum

[Strangler Lewis]

Almost too clear, I just went out for a look and was quickly blinded no matter how much shading of the sun I did.

Ditto. Nice day, though.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

The link Moonliner referenced said the best time to look would be at local noon, and that the comet would just be to the left of the sun, about 6 degrees. Since the sun moves at 15 degrees per hour, I think the sun is currently blocking the comet. I'd wait until after local noon, and take another look.

[CoasterMatt]

Were you blinded by the light?

Wrapped up like a deuce, another runner in the night...

[mousepod]

Wrapped up like a deuce, another runner in the night...

Are you sure those are the lyrics? (http://youtube.com/watch?v=r6U29S--wn8)

[€uroMeinke]

I just goy back from my wander and couldn't see it - oh well, at least I caught Halley's

[Not Afraid]

Do a lyrics search. I found at least 3 different "translations" - none of them were correct (as I know it.)

[Strangler Lewis]

This is how America will get conquered-with everyone half-blind from staring up at the sky looking for comet hoaxes. Hello, Kohoutek.

[CoasterMatt]

It's "cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night" on the Springsteen original

[Not Afraid]

Racked up like a duce another roller in the night.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

[Alex]

I looked at a daytime picture of it online. That's good enough for me. A bright dot in the middle of blue. It brings portends of doom, I'm sure.


(I'm a weird fan of astronomy; I love the subject and am very well read on it but have very little interest in actually looking at the stuff; I don't believe I've ever looked through a telescope...at the sky anyway).

[Not Afraid]

Perve. ;)

[Kevy Baby]

I am not kidding when I say that I thought the lyrics were "wrecked up like a douch..."

I grew up with four older sisters. It gave me a feminine perspective to everything.

[Capt Jack]

dumbest song ever...


next to Muskrat Love. Nothing beats that on the 'exactly how high WERE you?' scale.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Gee, my friend in Scotland hasn't had much luck seeing the comet either. I wonder why...

[Brigitte]

http://www.kissthisguy.com/lyric.php?id=4607

It wasn't clear to a lot of people.

[DreadPirateRoberts]

I didn't realize the deuce is referring to a deuce coupe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_B_(1932))

[Moonliner]

Woohoo!! The clouds are finally gone! Nothing but sunshine and a clear blue sky. :)




Comet McNaught is no longer visible from the northern hemisphere, but it should remain a spectacular fixture in sunset skies of the south for weeks to come. Stay tuned!
:mad: :(

[CoasterMatt]

It's raining here now, yippy.

[Not Afraid]

BIG BLACK CLOUDS!!!!

[Disneyphile]

No kidding. I just looked out the window and there's some really dark crap rolling in from the coast. :eek:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

:mad: :(None of us could see it anyway, so feel free to sour grapes away the pain.

[Prudence]

Oh - we saw the comet clearly. "There's the comet," BT said on the way home from work last week. :evil:

[CoasterMatt]

Oh - we saw the comet clearly. "There's the comet," BT said on the way home from work last week. :evil:

The Seahawks lost anyway :evil:

[Prudence]

The Seahawks lost anyway :evil:

Which means I don't have to put up with any more football this season! :evil:

[Moonliner]

None of us could see it anyway, so feel free to sour grapes away the pain.

It's not really sour grapes, in this particular case you SoCal'ers were a bit latitudinally challenged. While up here in the great white north we had a shot.