A green goddess: Two-tailed comet snapped streaking past Earth

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We have known of its existence for only two years. But one scientist has captured an awe-inspiring picture of comet Lulin as it streaked past Earth on its ever-onward journey.

Glowing an eerie green, it came within 38million miles of Earth yesterday, the closest it has ever been, and about the same distance away as Mars.

Richard Richins from New Mexico State University snapped this spectacular picture in calm conditions two nights ago.

A green goddess: Two-tailed comet snapped streaking past Earth | Mail Online
 

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Tonight i will be watching the sky to see comet! :D
 

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i was ready for the one last night @ midnight, but i missed it due to bloody cloud cover....:(





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The one on top is the one that Mr Grim Cleaned up and posted, there sure is a big difference in quality,Thank You Mr Grim.
 
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Hi , Weedmonk, I installed that program in Vista ,it installed ok but when I try to open it,it gives me the stellarium.exe has stopped working ,a problem caused..... blah blah.. so it mustn't like Vista 64 bit.?
 

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jfar said:
Hi , Weedmonk, I installed that program in Vista ,it installed ok but when I try to open it,it gives me the stellarium.exe has stopped working ,a problem caused..... blah blah.. so it mustn't like Vista 64 bit.?
Click to expand...

Dang that sucks. Just for kicks did you try to run it via Compatibility?
 

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Yes i tried the usual ,pity I would have liked to try it out ,I'll try it out on my laptop now it is 32bit, and I will see if it works on that, and I will probably hound you asking questions in the beginning, now that you told me about it.:D
 
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I wish I had my telescope back. Especially after that March 2008 GRB I missed!
 

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I've missed it so far but I think it's time to mount my telescope again.

I recently got a cool (and expensive) green laser to point the stars too.
Will post pictures if I capture something worthy.
 

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weedmonk said:
Cool. Anyone here mess with Stellarium? It's awesome and handy when it comes to finding stuff like this in your local nightsky.
Click to expand...

OMG! Weedmonk!! This is amazing! It's what I've been looking for ever since I got my telescope!

Excellent ! I'm lost for words...
 

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Hi just saw the comet!
it must be an IRISH!!!!!(GREEN) comet!
anyone else think so??
 

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I think you're right there. Maybe it's the boys coming back to town!! :)
 

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