David K
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The Comet is coming, the comet is coming!
Location in ten days:
More info, dates, and location maps: https://www.celestron.com/blogs/news/comet-c2022e3-ztf
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pauldavidmena
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We'll be in Todos Santos 3 days later, and expect to have a much better chance of seeing the comet than we do here on Cape Cod.
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Whale-ista
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New comet visible this month
For your winter nighttime viewing pleasure:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/green-comet-watch.html?unloc...
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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Nice if anyone can photograph it!
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David K
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Tonight, between the Big and Little Dippers
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surfhat
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A chunk of space rock passed by Earth closer than any ever a couple of days ago.
About 200 plus miles is close enough. I hope some ability to deflect such space rocks can be secured. An attempt to show just this ability recently
was successful in changing the direction of a small asteroid that was not a threat. It is good to know we can reposition an asteroid if need be.
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David K
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We can try, HA!!!
I getting to think that Earth may be ready for another re-boot...?
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JDCanuck
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Speaking of comets, this was the theory behind the deep freeze of the dark ages:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/02/040204000254.h...
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mtgoat666
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That’s a very odd orientation for a star chart. Kooky.
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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mtgoat666
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Dude: dont repost kooky stuff. The problem with the image: it is not oriented for a normal person looking north toward Polaris. The orientation is
for a person standing upside down and looking north toward polaris.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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pauldavidmena
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Is it visible to the naked eye in Baja?
Even though we have a clear view of Polaris here on Cape Cod, the surface light from Boston to our north has rendered the comet impossible to see
without binoculars. Have there been any sightings in Baja to date? My wife and I are headed to Todos Santos in 4 days. 
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