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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Welcome To The Year Of The Comet (We Hope)

(CNN) -- First a meteor exploded over Russia, followed closely by an asteroid fly-by. Now, two comets are expected to put on a naked-eye spectacle for sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere.

Up first is Comet Pan-STARRS, which gets its funky name from the telescope credited with discovering it in June 2001: the Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System in Hawaii.

The comet is already visible through telescopes in the Southern Hemisphere, and it should swing into view over the Northern Hemisphere beginning around March 8.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A lot of activity in the heavens going on.

Anonymous said...

No, the same amount. We just get to see more.