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10-24-2007
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look up in the sky tonight
ERUPTING COMET: Astronomers in Japan and Europe report that Comet
17P/Holmes is undergoing a spectacular eruption. The 17th-magnitude comet has brightened by a factor of five hundred thousand or more during the past 24 hours becoming a naked eye object in the evening sky. This may signify a breakup of the comet's core or a rich vein of ice suddenly exposed to sunlight--no one knows. Look for a yellow 2.5th-magnitude fuzzball in the constellation Perseus after sunset. ("2.5th magnitude" means a little dimmer than the stars of the Big Dipper.) At present the comet looks more like a star than a comet; it does not have a discernable tail, but it might grow one as the outburst continues. 
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10-24-2007
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COOL... thanks
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10-24-2007
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BIG FULL MOON: This week's full Moon is the biggest full Moon of 2007. It's no illusion. Some full Moons are genuinely larger than others and Thursday night's will be a whopper.
The Moon's orbit is an ellipse with one side 30,000 miles closer to Earth than the other. The full Moon of Oct. 25-26 is located on the near side, making it appear as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons we've seen earlier in 2007. In the language of astronomy, the two ends of the Moon's orbit are called "apogee" and "perigee." Apogee is the farthest point, perigee the nearest: diagram. This week's full Moon is a "perigee Moon" with extra-high "perigean tides." The Moon is 14% bigger, but can you actually tell the difference? It's not so easy. There are no rulers floating in the sky to measure lunar diameters. A fun experiment: Take a friend outside Thursday night and ask if they notice anything unusual about the Moon. Explain perigee after they answer.
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10-24-2007
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Forget the moon the red sox are playing tonight game one in the world series
 .. I will check keep peeking out to see if I see anything
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10-24-2007
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we are socked in clouds tonight.....
Thanks for the post J-B
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10-24-2007
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10-25-2007
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got to see the moon for a short period of time but too much cloud cover for anything else. haven't seen the sun in days here with all this damn rain we're getting.
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10-25-2007
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A pic just for J-B........got this via email....today....never seen it before..
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10-25-2007
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that is so cool.
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10-25-2007
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Cool pic lou!...
Any one see this happen last night... raining here on the east.
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