Comet ATLAS is Coming!

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Comet ATLAS is Coming!

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As if we didn't have enough harbingers of doom, a bright comet may soon be visible. https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space ... how-see-it
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Oh I love the green ones and the aqua ones. So pretty.
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Gaseous C2 emits a green colour that could become visible to naked eye in mid-April. Comet ATLAS might run out of gas, crumbling and fading as it approaches the Sun.

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He's coming right at us!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwW_5kialI

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Seems this 2x as big as Jupiter comet\s has been talked about since 2003..
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ORIGINAL: wodin

Seems this 2x as big as Jupiter comet\s has been talked about since 2003..

Except it wasn't discovered until late December last year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2019_Y4_(ATLAS)



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It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

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ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

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ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

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Can it be seen without visual aid?
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ORIGINAL: Lobster

ORIGINAL: Red2112

It can already be seen...
6:20 min.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiaXgV3aznM&t=392s

Red

Can it be seen without visual aid?

Not yet, but it seems we will be able to see it once it´s closer to earth, sometime in May...
https://theskylive.com/c2019y4-info

You´re welcome Zorch.

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