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Come on Universe, show us something unusually spectacular. A once in a lifetime, awe inspiring event. Something wondrous to let people for a moment see just how

by mhurron 14y ago

Come on Universe, show us something unusually spectacular. A once in a lifetime, awe inspiring event. Something wondrous to let people for a moment see just how amazing everything around them is. Honestly, I'm really hoping this comet hits closer to the fantastic side of the predictions. Also hoping to be able to see it from the eastern US. It says Northern Hemisphere observers are favored, so there's even more hope.

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SkyMarshal 14y ago
>Come on Universe, show us something unusually spectacular. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. I can think of at least a few unusually spectacular events the universe could show us that I'm more than happy for it not to, or at least to show us from a great distance. We are indeed tiny little specs of insignificance, but all things equal I'd like us to continue on being that and not get squashed like bugs by a random pebble flying through our planetary system or something. ;)
SoftwareMaven 14y ago
Seeing a comment take a dive into Jupiter kind of counted for me. I built a cd-rom of images from that for a company I worked for. It was amazing.
run4yourlives 14y ago
Personally, I'm gunning for Betelgeuse. That would be awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Approaching_supernova http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Approaching_supernov...
- russell 14y ago
  My personal favorite is Eta Carinae which could be 20 times the size of Betelgeuse and may be big enough to be a hypernova. It may explode in our lifetimes. Pretty pictures at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae
joe_bleau 14y ago
We've had some great stuff recently, if you think about it. Comets: Hyakutake was easily visible, Hale-Bopp was outstanding, and Shoemaker–Levy 9 _ran into_ Jupiter, leaving damage that was visible to small hobby telescopes. Manmade: Back when Mir was still in orbit, at times you could see the shuttle chase it down. ISS is fairly bright and fun to watch. If you do a little planning, Iridium flares can be very bright for a minute or so. Go to http://www.heavens-above.com/ http://www.heavens-above.com/, and look for upcoming flares at your latitude and longitude.

by mhurron 14y ago

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SkyMarshal 14y ago

>Come on Universe, show us something unusually spectacular. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. I can think of at least a few unusually spectacular events the universe could show us that I'm more than happy for it not to, or at least to show us from a great distance. We are indeed tiny little specs of insignificance, but all things equal I'd like us to continue on being that and not get squashed like bugs by a random pebble flying through our planetary system or something. ;)

SoftwareMaven 14y ago

Seeing a comment take a dive into Jupiter kind of counted for me. I built a cd-rom of images from that for a company I worked for. It was amazing.

run4yourlives 14y ago

Personally, I'm gunning for Betelgeuse. That would be awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Approaching_supernova http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betelgeuse#Approaching_supernov...

russell 14y ago
My personal favorite is Eta Carinae which could be 20 times the size of Betelgeuse and may be big enough to be a hypernova. It may explode in our lifetimes. Pretty pictures at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae

joe_bleau 14y ago

We've had some great stuff recently, if you think about it. Comets: Hyakutake was easily visible, Hale-Bopp was outstanding, and Shoemaker–Levy 9 _ran into_ Jupiter, leaving damage that was visible to small hobby telescopes. Manmade: Back when Mir was still in orbit, at times you could see the shuttle chase it down. ISS is fairly bright and fun to watch. If you do a little planning, Iridium flares can be very bright for a minute or so. Go to http://www.heavens-above.com/ http://www.heavens-above.com/, and look for upcoming flares at your latitude and longitude.