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Theres a comet going past tonight , i think they say its going to be green at about 10pm and i heard something about the east hop someone gets a good photo of it ,i dont have that sort of lense on my camera so no luck here for a shot ..

creator2003 wrote:

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Feb 24 2009, 09:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Theres a comet going past tonight

It's around for a bit longer than that. You might like to bookmark this site: http://www.spaceweather.com/

Ah OK yeah ive just read what was on the site and for sure ill be looking to the south tonight or morning 1am ,im not sure if my son and i seen it last night or how fast it was suppose to be going over ,we did see something but it was that fast you couldn't really tell if both of our eyes were playing tricks on us or that it was the comet ,not something we could of tracked at the speed this was going more like a ufo hitting light speed,kinda like star trek ..

could anyone let me know how fast or how long it should be in the sky to the eye ?

Least not as much drama as in last century's Halleys comet .. jeepers all lying on our backs on the port hills , Christchurch .. look at that .. what were , the light of the city blocked most out , 30 minutes out of CHCH t the west .. racecourse hill , ... ok an hour .. on a lesser type but away from the city lights , impressive!

creator2003 wrote:

QUOTE (creator2003 @ Feb 25 2009, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

could anyone let me know how fast or how long it should be in the sky to the eye ?

It's just ahead of Saturn, same speed. If you haven't got a map PM me.

Ian,
Yeah, quite disappointing. Last year's Tuttle was much better.