vicekid
Well-known Member
For all the Science Fans out there, I mean Blake, We have a great visual coming our way as two comets may be visible to the naked eye. One is called comet Lemmon. It is unusual as it is glowing green. Right now it is barely visible to the naked eye for those living south of the equator. It will round the sun later this month and may be naked eye visible towards the end of the month. The second comet is called Pannstarr. It is a more traditional white comet. Tomorrow it will be at its closest point to earth about 100 million miles away. It is visible to the eye again south of the equator and will remain so for a few more days at which point it will be to close to the sun to seen. It gets within 28 million miles of the sun around the 10 of March and went it passes the sun it will be at it's brightest. It should be visible around the the 12-13 shortly after sunset and will be near the crescent moon on the 12. It should have a nice head and tail.
The photo below was recently taken from the desert in Chile. Pannstar is the lower bright one, with Lemmon in the upper left. Keep in mind this was take with either a telephoto lens or time exposure to get them both visible. The tails are pointing towards the setting sun. When we see them the tails will be pointing away from the sun.
Mark, Sha, Clay being in the Mile High City, if you have a good view of the western sky you should have no problems seeing at least Pannstar, especially with those telescopes I saw in the Blake Interview with Sha.
The Photo was taken off the Astronomy Picture of the Day Site (where others can be found).
Towards the end of the year, we will have the best comet yet, ISON. It will pass less than a million miles above the surface of the sun. If it is survives it could be the brightest comet in the last 1000 years. It could be as bright or brighter than the full moon, with a tail spanning half the sky. It could also be visible during daylight. Hope you enjoy. I know I will be out hopefully to view and photograph them.
Any questions let me know.
Live Long and Prosper,
Vicekid

The photo below was recently taken from the desert in Chile. Pannstar is the lower bright one, with Lemmon in the upper left. Keep in mind this was take with either a telephoto lens or time exposure to get them both visible. The tails are pointing towards the setting sun. When we see them the tails will be pointing away from the sun.
Mark, Sha, Clay being in the Mile High City, if you have a good view of the western sky you should have no problems seeing at least Pannstar, especially with those telescopes I saw in the Blake Interview with Sha.
The Photo was taken off the Astronomy Picture of the Day Site (where others can be found).
Towards the end of the year, we will have the best comet yet, ISON. It will pass less than a million miles above the surface of the sun. If it is survives it could be the brightest comet in the last 1000 years. It could be as bright or brighter than the full moon, with a tail spanning half the sky. It could also be visible during daylight. Hope you enjoy. I know I will be out hopefully to view and photograph them.
Any questions let me know.
Live Long and Prosper,
Vicekid
