Elenin update / Three inbound comets - Elenin / Honda / Levy

[reddog1]

Elenins' (C/2010 X1) position today.

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=elenin;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#orb

 

[reddog1]

Levys' (P/2006 T1) Position today

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?ID=dK06T010;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#orb

 

[mhphoto]

So will these actually be visible to the naked eye or will I need to drag the telescope out?

 

[reddog1]

So will these actually be visible to the naked eye or will I need to drag the telescope out?

Naked Eye, Honda and Levy could possibly be visible in the daytime.

Next week I am busting out the motorized / computerized 8inch telescope.

 

[doctorjj]

So will these actually be visible to the naked eye or will I need to drag the telescope out?

Predicting comet visibility is notoriously difficult. It isn't simply a measure of how close they get.

 

[Billybob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0n4QG8fvpw&feature=related

I hope others will find this as interesting and relevant as I have.... God Bless

Magnetic Pole shift?

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/29dec_magneticfield.html

 

[reddog1]

Predicting comet visibility is notoriously difficult. It isn't simply a measure of how close they get.

It depends on the size, position, and how much the coma grows as it gets closer to the sun.

 

[FAL guy]

Astrology is one of the many tools of the devil.

What about Astronomy?

 

[reddog1]

I don't really believe in that sorta thing. Astrology is one of the many tools of the devil.

HaHa... ok, glad we are not reading tarot cards here!!

 

[doctorjj]

It depends on the size, position, and how much the coma grows as it gets closer to the sun.

Yes, I know but just a couple of posts earlier you were predicting that you'd be able to see one of them during the day. Again, predicting their visibility/brightness/intensity is difficult.