spencer
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Comet"s coming
Mar 23, 2020, 23:20
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...portent? Comet ATLAS. Capital letters not for effect, ask the namers why. Visible with naked eye from mid April. And it's green.
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wychburyman
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Re: Comet"s coming
Mar 27, 2020, 08:56
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spencer wrote: ...portent? Comet ATLAS. Capital letters not for effect, ask the namers why. Visible with naked eye from mid April. And it's green.
Yeah, I saw a report last week. Went out into the sticks last night to take a peek. Lovely clear night, I scanned with a good pair of 10x50s but couldn't see it. I think with it still being faint, green and with my eyes it was eluding me. Magnitude 8, so on the cusp of what's just about visible for me.
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Kid Calamity
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Re: Comet"s coming
Mar 27, 2020, 11:23
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Thanks for the heads-up, chaps. I had seen mention of this last week, but as it was on Facebook - and because of the clown who'd posted it, I had dismissed it as him having a laugh.
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wychburyman
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Re: Comet"s coming
Mar 27, 2020, 13:14
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Kid Calamity wrote: Thanks for the heads-up, chaps. I had seen mention of this last week, but as it was on Facebook - and because of the clown who'd posted it, I had dismissed it as him having a laugh.
errr I think it was me who posted it
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Amil04
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Edited Mar 27, 2020, 20:25
Re: Comet"s coming
Mar 27, 2020, 20:20
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I was outside looking at the stars around 8.30 on Wednesday night. I saw what I presumed to be military aircraft flying on the same flight path. I had to look slightly away to see them better as they were only dim (unblinking) white lights. I counted at least ten..absolutely equidistant. They looked just like moving stars..bit stealthy..I’ve never known aircraft lights not to blink? Couldn’t hear them either even with it being so quiet.
I think we’ve lost the clear skies for a bit now in the uk sadly.
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PMM
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Re: Comet"s coming
Mar 27, 2020, 20:50
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hmmm....
https://freeditorial.com/en/books/the-day-of-the-triffids
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tomatoman
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Re: Comet
Mar 28, 2020, 18:14
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The line of lights are mini satellites being launched by Musk & Co. Stargazers are going to have to get used to them, I'm afraid
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Amil04
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Re: Comet
Mar 28, 2020, 20:52
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I gather there’s some NATO exercises going on at the moment. I’ve never seen a formation like that before, They seemed to be travelling very much horizontally in a west east direction. I guess they were launched from the States? Who knows, it’s a possibility, thanks TM, I did see something about recent launches somewhere.
Day of the Triffids..ha..I remember the series in the seventies..and ‘Survivors’ god that sh!t me up.
I was terrified of my friends dachshund for ages ...nipped me in the ankle once..
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tomatoman
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Re: Comet
Mar 29, 2020, 15:43
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I've now recalled that the satellite system is STARLINK all launched by SpaceX. If you choose to, there are online links to track their progress from a given location.
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tomatoman
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Re: Comet
Mar 29, 2020, 15:43
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I've now recalled that the satellite system is STARLINK all launched by SpaceX. If you choose to, there are online links to track their progress from a given location.
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