A Once-in-a-Lifetime Event!

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

Hello guys!

Most of us share the dream to watch a live comet fly through the skies.Halley's comet is my favourite! To me, it is my dream to watch that beautiful glowy-bright star fly through the sky! Here is a article written by Kevin Schultz about the Halley's comet..

 

You don't have to be an astronomer to be familiar with the Halley's comet.The glowing ball of ice and dust, passes earth about every 76 years.English astronomer Edmond Halley first predicted the comet's recurring orbit in 1705.Halley identified a pattern of comets that approached earth in 1531, 1607, 1682 and predicted that it would return again is 1758.Although he died before he could witness what would become his namesake comet's return, from its periodicity he concluded that it would orbit the sun on a regular basis.

 

Halley's has become famous because it's the only short-period comet that a human can count on seeing in his lifetime.The comet last passed earth in 1986 and it was about as bright as Polaris, aka the North Star.

 

Don't worry about missing out on seeing the comet.There is a chance of a newly discovered comet showing up.That's one of the nice and bad things about comets.You just cannot predict when a new comet will pass earth.A perfect example is the comet Hale-Bopp which passed earth in 1997.It became bright enough to see with the naked eye, shining at around -1 magnitude.The magnitude of the Halley's comet is -7.

~Halley's comet.

 

~Kevin Schultz

 

The comet will return again in the July of 2061

 

So people, would you like to see a live comet? Which one would it be? Mine is the all time Halley's comet :D

Edited September 5, 2014 by MyLife_MyReign

[Piety 70]

I couldn't care for Humpty Dumpty who had a great fall, let alone a comet. -_-

[robbie56 2,403]

Hello guys!

Most of us share the dream to watch a live comet fly through the skies.

No , not really.

[Scientist 4,224]

...It became bright enough to see with the baked eye...

Baked eye... :P

 

But I like astronomy very much. This topic is worth a thousand likes :)

Edited August 7, 2014 by Schism

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

No , not really.

Didn't mean everyone...

[LiquidGold 1,370]

 

~Halley's comet.

 

~Kevin Schultz

 

The comet will return again in the July of 2061

 

So people, would you like to see a live comet? Which one would it be? Mine is the all time Halley's comet :D

Hale Bopp is more spectacular then Hallys commet but you wont be able to see that again for a while, I think its due back in 150 years or so

Edited August 7, 2014 by LiquidGold

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

Hale Bopp is more spectacular then Hallys commet but you wont be able to see that again for a while, I think its due back in 150 years or so

Doesn't matter.Halley's is better to me :)

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

hi i want to PM you ,but your PMs is full remove some of them then pmme

Ok

[echo_bravo_alpha_111 12]

I use scœpe to sëë it

[Wolanti 8]

my favorite comet is Rosetta (i know its technically a Satellite called Rosetta that just arrived at its destination after 10 years)

 

The comet is called Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko but i like to say Rosetta

 

Off - Topic = Did someone watch the moon yesterday? it was a supermoon with a brightness not seen in 20 years

Edited August 11, 2014 by Wolanti

[lordmostafa 3,821]

I wish I see it :wub: :wub:

[Meliora 1,652]

I think I'll be alive in 2061, but I'll look out for it anyway!

[pizzaslad 471]

I would like to see Rihanna fly through the sky because she thinks she can shine bright like a diamond.

[blackopspaul 753]

I would like to see Rihanna fly through the sky because she thinks she can shine bright like a diamond.

:lol:  :lol: Lol

Unsure.

[gazatron30 513]

Meh, I'll come back in 50 years

[echo_bravo_alpha_111 12]

Meh, I'll come back in 50 years

every 50 years?? or once in the next 50 years??

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

Meh, I'll come back in 50 years

:lol:

[shadewarttt 3,350]

There always a "Once in a lifetime" moment every month! 

[Aero.v2.0 1,456]

 

 

It became bright enough to see with the baked eye

 

True story dat.

 

Maybe I'll see it :ph34r:

 

with my baked eye.

[7919zola 252]

Won't return until 2061? Wow, that sure is a while from now... by that time, I hope to be retired from working.  :P

[Ilia.ArchangeI 6,785]

Yeah I think I'd like to see it. Sounds pretty epic. Though I'm not so sure about the eye baking...

[MyLife_MyReign 256]

Give the "Baked eye" a break guys... <_< :ph34r: