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Newly discovered Comet Leonard to fly
by Earth soon in once-in-a-lifetime event;
how to see it

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Posted By: Zarin, 12/3/2021 11:55:22 PM

A comet that was discovered earlier this year is expected to fly by Earth next week on its journey through the solar system, and it will be the only chance you’ll ever get to observe the celestial object. Comet Leonard, also known as C/2021, will make its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 12, according to NASA. The comet was discovered earlier this year by astronomer Gregory Leonard, hence its name. EarthSky describes C/2021 A as “likely to be 2021’s best comet, and its brightest comet by year’s end.”

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Hope we can see this sometime in these first 2 weeks of December. You need a clear sky!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JHHolliday 12/4/2021 12:20:49 AM (No. 996460)
Interesting. There was one spectacular one a few years ago. Can’t remember the name but it was memorable....very bright and beautiful.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: padiva 12/4/2021 9:16:59 AM (No. 996648)
More of Gd's majesty. Hey, Obama 'You didn't make that!'
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Urgent Fury 12/4/2021 9:31:58 AM (No. 996671)
You can't fool me, I read "Lucifer's Hammer".
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Reply 4 - Posted by: red1066 12/4/2021 10:03:56 AM (No. 996705)
I can predict what the weather will be like in my location during the whole comet passage. Cloudy. If it's a once in a lifetime special event happening in the sky, it will be overcast and cloudy where I live.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 12/4/2021 10:10:58 AM (No. 996719)
Shouldn't it have been named the Comet Wolowitz instead? After all, Howard was the astronaut.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MickTurn 12/4/2021 10:46:57 AM (No. 996766)
Marking the sign of the Beast...Joey Pervert Xiden.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: joew9 12/4/2021 11:16:34 AM (No. 996794)
In 1997 comet Hale-Bopp was easily seen in the north west late afternoon and evening sky. For weeks every day when I got home from work I looked across the street and I could see the entire comet and tail right above my neighbors house. The tail was very large. The length in the sky was probably more than 5 times the width of the Moon. It was very bright. You did not have to "look" for it. It was easy to see even in bright city lights.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: DVC 12/4/2021 2:02:43 PM (No. 996977)
I got a couple of really nice photos of Hale-Bopp a number of years ago. It wasn't easy, film camera, tracking system, special high ASA film, and extremely dark skies in the mountains of Colorado, in snow and cold. But the photos are still beautiful. A wonderful piece of our world to marvel at as part of God's creation. I'll see about this one, too.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: lakerman1 12/4/2021 3:20:25 PM (No. 997044)
#5, I would select Rajeesh Koothropoli, although Sheldon Cooper said spotting a large rock traveling through space is meaningless.
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