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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Tue Nov 26, 2013, 06:22 PM Nov 2013

Here's All You Need To Know To View Comet ISON This December

Here's All You Need To Know To View Comet ISON This December (ANIMATED INFOGRAPHIC)

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26/view-comet-ison-infographic_n_4325076.html

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Here's All You Need To Know To View Comet ISON This December (Original Post) WillyT Nov 2013 OP

Thanks, WillyT! Though it's technically not "all" I need to know. arcane1 Nov 2013 #1

LOL !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #2

I can help you with the rest. Jim Lane Nov 2013 #10

It is believed to have fallen apart Peregrine Nov 2013 #3

Thanks For The Heads-Up... WillyT Nov 2013 #4

It isn't yet clear what's happening starroute Nov 2013 #5

Bookmarked, thanks WillyT. I live in the sticks with no city lights and am up before dawn ever day. Scuba Nov 2013 #6

Anytime Scuba, Anytime... WillyT Nov 2013 #8

Press reports have finally made it clear the temperature ISON will endure. Somewhere between dimbear Nov 2013 #7

Degrees ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #9

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Thanks, WillyT! Though it's technically not "all" I need to know.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 06:28 PM

Nov 2013

I also need to know how to get up that early

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

2. LOL !!!

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 06:41 PM

Nov 2013

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

10. I can help you with the rest.

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 12:40 AM

Nov 2013

To be awake half an hour before sunrise, go to bed a couple hours later each night. Within a few days you'll be up at the right time to see the comet before turning in.

And be assured this is not just keyboard jockey advice. I've done it myself, more than once.

Peregrine

(992 posts)

3. It is believed to have fallen apart

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 07:09 PM

Nov 2013

Astronomers will know more in a couple days

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

4. Thanks For The Heads-Up...

Reply to Peregrine (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 07:19 PM

Nov 2013

starroute

(12,977 posts)

5. It isn't yet clear what's happening

Reply to Peregrine (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 07:22 PM

Nov 2013

According to spaceweather.com, the molecular emission lines have faded sharply over the last several days, but visual images still show the comet shining brightly. The nucleus may have fragmented, but it's too soon to draw any conclusions.