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[DOOMED] Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE

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    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy

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    How to catch a glimpse of the comet NEOWISE dazzling the skies right now

    Seeing this comet is truly a once-in-a-lifetime event

    The comet is known as Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE — or just NEOWISE for short. Scientists just discovered the rock on March 27th. It gets its name from the NASA mission that discovered it, also called NEOWISE, for Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The mission consists of a spacecraft in orbit around Earth that’s tasked with cataloging as many asteroids near Earth as possible — especially any that might be potentially hazardous to our planet. But when the team behind the NEOWISE mission spotted this object, they knew they had found something special.

    https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/10/21318478/nasa-f3-comet-neowise-see-watch-astrophotography-space
     
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    The red god waketh.
     
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    Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.

    (too obscure?)
     
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    Yes.

     
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    Skynet would've shot that sumbitch down yesterday.

    Just sayin....
     
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    Has it started entering the atmosphere yet?
     
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    Is that god bustin a nut?
     
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    You'll be careful watching this thing.

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    Guys, this is Gokus spaceship.
     
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    Did the Heaven's Gate guys just pick the wrong comet?
     
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    Buried in that rambling article is that actual sort-of answer to the title of the piece:

    Around July 11th, though, the comet will start to appear in the evening just after sunset. It’ll be in the northwestern sky, below the Big Dipper constellation (or Ursa Major). Mainzer expects the comet to be visible for at least another week, maybe even longer. But it all depends on how the comet behaves.
     
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    ISS narrowly misses Comet NEOWISE.
     
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    I’m sorry I missed it.

    :-(
     
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    I downloaded the app that told me where it was in the sky as you held your phone in the air. I went outside multiple nights looking for it. I never saw the f-ing thing. I guess no poison drink and plastic bag over my head to join a comet ride for me.
     
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    It's still possible...

    DM me for details.
     
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