Comet Ison

[pingu]

Comet ison is approaching fast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236

apparently will be as bright as a full moon and last nearly the whole of December.

does anyone know and really dark areas north(ish) of the city that would be good for getting some photos?
ive had a look on the dark sky site but most of the areas on there are a bit far away.

[ibtg]

What about out on the moors, Mugdock, Strathblane areas?

[pingu]

cheers ibtg

think strathblane might be a bit bright from the towns glare but mugdock might be an idea...ill try n pop up before hand to see how dark it is

[Delmont St Xavier]

I usually head up to Rest and Be Thankful - good place and dark skies....

[The Egg Man]

BBC2. 00.05 Tuesday 26th Nov. Horizon Special.

[pingu]

thanks for the replies peeps

eggman theres a very good doc on the history channel too about it (also called comet of the century) thats been shown repeatedly the last few days (and probably will do for the next month)

[Lucky Poet]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but oops: Comet Ison destroyed...

[Sharon]

It's okay, I just heard on the radio, that a few hours after it disappeared, some of it reappeared.

[pingu]

ye think it might be bit hard to see now and what with it only being visible just before dawn will make it a bit tricky to get to somewhere decent too

[HelenD]

Last week...

Going live to Louise Hubble-Telescope (for it is she) outside the Royal Observatory:

"Comet of the century!" ...blah, blah... "unprecedented!" ...blah, blah...

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but oops: Comet Ison destroyed...

*phut*

[pingu]

my sediments exactly Helen

[edward carolan]

Ison is dead
http://www.newsdaily.com/article/88afcb ... ef-suspect

[mercury]

Did anyone else see a meteorite over Lesmahagow this morning? I was driving south on the M74 after 8a.m. and a very bright light with a long vapour trail moving at great speed from right to left over the road.It didn't seem very high as it was in my line of vision,I didn't need to raise my eyes, and was below the horizon about 500 feet in front of me.

[pingu]

seems to be the season for them.

where you out raving the night before mercury?....below the horizon and 500 feet away would have been a bit scary

you should have grabbed it

[HelenD]

I know 500ft isn't very far in astronomical terms but you'd still need to be Mr Tickle to grab it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tickle