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Year of the Comet? - Spaced - 02-07-2013 Seems like 2013 will be an excellent year for comet watching, with 3 possible naked eye comets, including one which might be brighter than the moon! http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57561294-1/2013-could-be-the-best-year-for-comet-spotting-in-generations/ RE: Year of the Comet? - Parsons - 02-08-2013 The one comet might be so bright it will be visible with the naked eye in broad daylight. RE: Year of the Comet? - Spaced - 02-23-2013 here's a cool video, two comets in one shot http://vimeo.com/59571509 RE: Year of the Comet? - reeay - 03-05-2013 Comet making closest approach ever of Earth Says: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it. Called Pan-STARRS, the comet passed within 100 million miles of Earth on Tuesday, its closest approach in its first-ever cruise through the inner solar system. The ice ball will get even nearer the sun this weekend — just 28 million miles from the sun and within the orbit of Mercury. The comet has been visible for weeks from the Southern Hemisphere. Now the top half of the world gets a glimpse as well. The best viewing days should be next Tuesday and Wednesday, when Pan-STARRS appears next to a crescent moon at dusk in the western sky. Until then, glare from the sun will obscure the comet. RE: Year of the Comet? - Jeremy - 03-05-2013 Is that an actual picture from the Southern Hemisphere? If so, that's absolutely amazing RE: Year of the Comet? - reeay - 03-05-2013 Yep that was in New Zealand (actual comet we may see soon) RE: Year of the Comet? - Spaced - 03-21-2013 Here's a cool video of PanSTARRS dodging a couple coronal mass ejections: RE: Year of the Comet? - Ankh - 03-21-2013 Wow! The sun got really lively when it passed it! O_o RE: Year of the Comet? - Parsons - 03-21-2013 Damn, I keep missing it! I either forget to look for it right after dark or its too cloudy out when I do remember!