Comments on: Welcome Comet ISON

By: Regalia

Regalia — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:36:44 +0000

This comet will be a great event. I hope this will be because of the spectacle which it will provide for us in the skies, but it will certainl have an impact on our minds. Read my new blog cometison.blogspot.com about this, and follow the rise of the comet in the public mind!

By: spuki

spuki — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:18:09 +0000

I love to know, why is it that no one ever says something other wise, when look not to be diss alarming about this, the truth is that NASA most likely knew about this for long time, and it is only now that we get to know about it, if it is like they say that this comet will be visible for many days, then it just might be heading this way. People just be in peace and pray for the best.

By: wijnand

wijnand — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:32:30 +0000

thanks for the wonderful information, it helped me alot! i am looking forward to this event. All that 2012 bullshit made me nervous and curious, so i’ve googeld everything. do you think anything ’bout that is true?

By: StrizekS

StrizekS — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:24:47 +0000

@ astrostevo point well taken.

Perhaps more accurately, I should have stated:
It’s been quite a while since I have seen a good/great naked-eye comet. In fact the ONLY good/great naked-eye comets I have seen are Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake (1995 / 1996).

@ Greg Laden some people (not me) might disagree. 😀

By: Joe Marcus

Joe Marcus — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:08:23 +0000

This is fascinating. But not knowing the word “ort” — and always happy for an opportunity to bolster my senescent, dwindling vocabulary, I looked it up. According to my ever-handy (computer-) desktop Oxford American Dictionary, ort an archaic/dialect word meaning “scrap,” its origin “being late Middle English, from Middle Low German orte ‘food remains,’ originally a compound of which the second element is related to eat.” Hmmmm. Food-scrap clouds??? Might this perhaps relate to the Wandering Scarlet’s “Bacon in the Sky” http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bacon-in-the-sky/ , providing an alternate parsimonious hypothesis for the bacon shortage you reported on? Uh, better first google it: OHHH, “oort (cloud)! Cool! TWO new words AND a bit of cometology thrown in for good measure. Ah-oh … Is cometology a real word? Best google that one as well. Google’s result: “Did you mean: cosmetology>” Hell, maybe I did.

By: Wild_Bill

Wild_Bill — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:58:15 +0000

Yes, a new comet, and you are correct, it is likely that some cult will predict mass extinction from this unlikely event while ignoring the climate change that surrounds us all!

By: astrostevo

astrostevo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:11:24 +0000

@StrizekS : Oh I dunno ’bout that.

We had comet Lovejoy back in January this year which was pretty spectacular and well worth getting up pre-dawn for.

Comet McNaught 2007 was the best I’ve ever seen too. (Yikes, five years ago already?)

Always be great to have another one mind you.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:19:31 +0000

Any comet that does not hit the earth and cause a mass extinction is a good comet!

By: StrizekS

StrizekS — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:53:10 +0000

Hope this one will be great. It has been quite a while since we have seen even a “good” comet. Stay tuned!