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[rootofnewt]

this picture shocks me with its depth. i get very very quiet at the thought of all those galaxies out way past Coma Berenices. So many possibilities for solar systems, for other worlds. So vast.

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[krasota.livejournal.com]

we're not as likely to see meteors without telescopes. i don't know if the comet will be visible or not. i can check on it.

it's still pretty dim (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/icq/CometMags.html#2002X5), but should be visible with the naked eye where i am. let me pull out a sky atlas and plot the location. ;)

in a couple weeks, it will be lot brighter (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2002X5_1.html"), but i need to see if it will be *visible* here.

http://cometography.com/current_comets.html


i think that it will remain close to hercules, but it's edging lower and lower as time passes on, eventually, early early morning skies (before twilight) might be good.