CAPTURES

PERTH: The 10km wide comet was discovered by Australian astronomer Rob McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory, in NSW, in August 2006. 12 per cent brighter than the sighting in 1995 of the Hale-Bopp Comet but still 25 times fainter than 1965's Ikeya-Seki Comet. [unsure of those stats, can't locate any official publication other than NASA who does not declare physical parameters]

Projected path across C3  Earth in the dust tail?  Components  Orbital Animation

 jmccanneyscience.com [How could this comet sneak up on us?]

Hey Kent, where did that other comet come from. I am pulling up starry nite and shows an unnamed comet at RA(J/2000) RA 2 hrs 28.47m and DEC 9 degrees 16.117' at 2.37 magnitude. about 0.881 au. We cant see it due to the snow storm. Any one seen it yet?  

Someone needs to take a look at the path on this comet, according to starry nite it is really close to us. I just updated the files and now shows another untitled comet. Here is the screen shot. The white dot on the tan line is earth. this comet comes really close. Maybe I am reading it wrong. Can someone else make any sense..

Check SWAN  [been seeing something there close to McNaught to the south next to the tip]

Dwarf planet 'becoming a comet'  An unusual dwarf planet discovered in the outer Solar System could be en route to becoming the brightest comet ever known. 2003 EL61 the strangest known object in the Kuiper belt

A large comet....and now a very strong Earth quake.....8.3......every seismic station around the world has reached saturation levels.

My husband, a native elder, sensed the comet last evening and went to the window. He called me to see it and I almost panicked! It was between two mountains and looked so large that I thought it was Niburu and we had only days left to prepare for 'whatever'. This morning, with clear skies, the whole family saw it for some time. It was amazing (looked huge still) and not so ominous as last night. I must say, though, it does portend many changes in this paradigm, we feel. As natives we rarely give in to fear but as a mother, I panic at the thought of some of my children being in large cities at this time.

Here's a pic i just took of the comet from the west side of Manhattan, NYC on the hudson river. it's naked eye viewable, even with all of New York City's lights!

These are the raw Navy images: C3,  Processed images C3, LASCO Germany, FTP directory 2 3,  latest mpg, gif movie,  Notes  Let's hope that NASA doesn't pull the plug.  

LOT OF COMETPICKIN WORK!

Keep encouraging the Old Coot!