Comments on: Cometary Breakup http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:46:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Wolverine’s Den - Blogging about astronomy, space, and science - Explore the cosmos. » Blog Archive » The Infrared Universe http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-824 Sun, 07 May 2006 20:52:16 +0000 http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-824 [...] The Hubble has also returned fantastic imagery (and movies) of 73P in its final stages. [...] […] The Hubble has also returned fantastic imagery (and movies) of 73P in its final stages. […]

]]> by: Solar Flare http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-781 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:39:00 +0000 http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-781 Shoot, the picture posted in the preview, but not after submitting...guess I'm used to how my board works the HTML business. <a href="http://spaceweather.com/swpod2006/28apr06/ashcraft1_strip2.gif" rel="nofollow">It looked better against a black background.</a> :-( Shoot, the picture posted in the preview, but not after submitting…guess I’m used to how my board works the HTML business.

It looked better against a black background.

:-(

]]> by: Solar Flare http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-780 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:34:46 +0000 http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-780 Good morning, Wolve. Last night I was reading <a href="http://spaceweather.com/" rel="nofollow">Spaceweather.com</a> to get the solar report since I <em>planned</em> on using my PST today at the beach, but right now it's <a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Houston&state=TX&site=hgx" rel="nofollow">storming, yes 100%,</a> and all the non-factory car alarms are going off (I hate non-factory-installed alarms; mine never goes off until it's supposed to.) It may clear up later, so I have a chance to drive down tonight, and tomorrow should be a sunny day. :-) Anyway, Tony Phillips* wrote on the main-page: <blockquote>FRAGMENT C: The biggest piece of comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 is <em>not</em> falling apart. Sturdy fragment C, for reasons unknown, resists crumbling. This makes it different from the other 40+ fragments of the dying comet. (continued below) </blockquote> Forget seeing anything in this neck of the woods, but <em>your</em> area is <a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Austin&state=TX&site=EWX" rel="nofollow">looking better than mine.</a> (BTW, I am well acquainted with Wimberly...love the town.) On the SW homepage, too, is this little anecdote, which I have to admit gives me some guilty pleasure: Sometimes it's nice when it's a bit peaceful and quiet. ;-) <em>*Tony Phillips seems like a cool guy. </em> Good morning, Wolve. Last night I was reading Spaceweather.com to get the solar report since I planned on using my PST today at the beach, but right now it’s storming, yes 100%, and all the non-factory car alarms are going off (I hate non-factory-installed alarms; mine never goes off until it’s supposed to.) It may clear up later, so I have a chance to drive down tonight, and tomorrow should be a sunny day. :-)

Anyway, Tony Phillips* wrote on the main-page:

FRAGMENT C: The biggest piece of comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 is not falling apart. Sturdy fragment C, for reasons unknown, resists crumbling. This makes it different from the other 40+ fragments of the dying comet. (continued below)

Forget seeing anything in this neck of the woods, but your area is looking better than mine. (BTW, I am well acquainted with Wimberly…love the town.)

On the SW homepage, too, is this little anecdote, which I have to admit gives me some guilty pleasure:

Sometimes it’s nice when it’s a bit peaceful and quiet. ;-)

*Tony Phillips seems like a cool guy.

]]> by: sunil http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-779 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:37:36 +0000 http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-779 the comets images are very fine, the shading is also looking quite amazing, how this shading appear in the camera? wolverine. really awesome images here, I have never seen before such a close view of comets though it has only dust and ice. are there any toxic gasses in the comets founds? the comets images are very fine, the shading is also looking quite amazing, how this shading appear in the camera? wolverine.

really awesome images here, I have never seen before such a close view of comets though it has only dust and ice. are there any toxic gasses in the comets founds?

]]> by: Solar Flare http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-774 Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:40:03 +0000 http://www.wolverinesden.org/2006/04/27/cometary-breakup/#comment-774 <strong>Hi Wolverine</strong>, so glad to see you alive and well here. 'Hope all the electrical problems have subsided, though we're do for some more storms, grrr, this weekend. BTW, last weekend I printed out 84 pages from the NOAA site, including these cute lesson plans and coloring books for teachers and kids ("Billy, Maria & The Thunderstorm") for each of my family members. Apparently they are clueless about lightning, and two of them live in the most concentrated area of the USA for strikes!) Remember the storm last Friday morning? At least here is was brutal enough that it delayed and messed up their flight plans. On top of that, both batteries in their CT cars were dead when they got home. Nifty VWs like mine have those solar panels you stick on your windshield and plug in the front or trunk to keep one's battery alive when gone for long periods. My father didn't seem to take my word about lightning facts--grrr--so this is what they get: lightning coloring books and crossword puzzles! Seriously, the NOAA's lightning section is quite good. [I decided not get a convertible next time, because I need at least one hardtop, umm, because of lightning. ;-) Are you going to get rid of your truck? My car of choice would be a Mercedes, and actually a 1970s one, because one can never mistake the sound--it was my first car, though I killed it. My BIL drives an Audi, and likes it. My only problem with my car is the plastic parts--all the stereo parts, the little bass, treble, etc, buttons are all falling off, or the spring catches...plastic sucks in cars.VW had to relent on the plastic window clips because they failed in extreme heat or cold, so the windows would drop, which happened to me. So, they went back to metal clips--duh.] Watch, I finally get and open my PST and it will be a cruddy weekend. (BTW, what do you think is the best way to keep sand away from a scope--I mean the best way to protect and cover it? My 17-year old deceased Konica always had sand grit on the lens et al, being that I'm a little rough with my cameras, but I don't think I can get away with that with my new stuff. Really, the new cameras like my Pentax have so much computer stuff they seem so fragile. I'm going to take my PST to the beach, not the observatory, as I left something behind there two weeks ago. Maybe this time I'll actually depress the shutter....) <strong>Anyway this was about comets: </strong> Now I tend to think of <strong>David Levy's</strong> quote: <em>"Comets are like cats. They have tails and do precisely what they want." </em> But I would add: <em>The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured she thought, still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.</em> However, in interstellar-speak, this comet's breakup is a long, slowww one. What is nine lives in space time? <em>Cats don't like change without their consent</em>. – Roger A. Caras [I could go on and on with cat analogies, lol. Babbling over.] :-) Hi Wolverine, so glad to see you alive and well here. ‘Hope all the electrical problems have subsided, though we’re do for some more storms, grrr, this weekend. BTW, last weekend I printed out 84 pages from the NOAA site, including these cute lesson plans and coloring books for teachers and kids (”Billy, Maria & The Thunderstorm”) for each of my family members. Apparently they are clueless about lightning, and two of them live in the most concentrated area of the USA for strikes!) Remember the storm last Friday morning? At least here is was brutal enough that it delayed and messed up their flight plans. On top of that, both batteries in their CT cars were dead when they got home. Nifty VWs like mine have those solar panels you stick on your windshield and plug in the front or trunk to keep one’s battery alive when gone for long periods. My father didn’t seem to take my word about lightning facts–grrr–so this is what they get: lightning coloring books and crossword puzzles! Seriously, the NOAA’s lightning section is quite good.

[I decided not get a convertible next time, because I need at least one hardtop, umm, because of lightning. ;-) Are you going to get rid of your truck? My car of choice would be a Mercedes, and actually a 1970s one, because one can never mistake the sound–it was my first car, though I killed it. My BIL drives an Audi, and likes it. My only problem with my car is the plastic parts–all the stereo parts, the little bass, treble, etc, buttons are all falling off, or the spring catches…plastic sucks in cars.VW had to relent on the plastic window clips because they failed in extreme heat or cold, so the windows would drop, which happened to me. So, they went back to metal clips–duh.]

Watch, I finally get and open my PST and it will be a cruddy weekend. (BTW, what do you think is the best way to keep sand away from a scope–I mean the best way to protect and cover it? My 17-year old deceased Konica always had sand grit on the lens et al, being that I’m a little rough with my cameras, but I don’t think I can get away with that with my new stuff. Really, the new cameras like my Pentax have so much computer stuff they seem so fragile. I’m going to take my PST to the beach, not the observatory, as I left something behind there two weeks ago. Maybe this time I’ll actually depress the shutter….)

Anyway this was about comets:

Now I tend to think of David Levy’s quote:
“Comets are like cats. They have tails and do precisely what they want.”

But I would add:

The Cat only grinned when it saw Alice. It looked good-natured she thought, still it had very long claws and a great many teeth, so she felt that it ought to be treated with respect.

However, in interstellar-speak, this comet’s breakup is a long, slowww one. What is nine lives in space time?
Cats don’t like change without their consent. – Roger A. Caras

[I could go on and on with cat analogies, lol. Babbling over.]
:-)

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