Comet ATLAS C/2019 Y4 (04/04/20)

a reply to: Grenade

Actually, if I'm on the water that's good enough for me. Fishing is the thing. Catching is just a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

a reply to: kiliker30

Actually the tail will always appear to point away from the Sun.

Totally possible to see a tail like this even if it was on a direct collision course with Earth.

Don't panic tho, it's not.

a reply to: Phage

Amen to that, a cold drink and nothing but the sound of silence.

a reply to: Grenade

Well, a 40 horse Honda is pretty quiet, but not silent.

a reply to: Phage

Scottish Loch, waders, fly rod, cold beer, silence. My idea of heaven.

There's a place called Loch Awe, took my son there last summer and fished all day, then built a fire and camped out watching the stars while slightly inebriated till the wee small hours.

I was the happiest man on the planet that night.

Can't wait to get back there this summer, going to do two nights this time. It's a truly magical place to go fishing.

originally posted by: Grenade
a reply to: Phage

Scottish Loch, waders, fly rod, cold beer, silence. My idea of heaven.

There's a place called Loch Awe, took my son there last summer and fished all day, then built a fire and camped out watching the stars while slightly inebriated till the wee small hours.

I was the happiest man on the planet that night.

Can't wait to get back there this summer, going to do two nights this time. It's a truly magical place to go fishing.

I love watching the sky and full moon nights up here in Washington state on the rivers why my fly rod, my dog, and a clear sky

man ive caught some of the greatest fish, and had some of the greatest introspection nightfishing with my waders on, and that sky, filled with falling stars and the sound of the water over the rocks

a reply to: SailorJerry

Night time a few miles offshore on a new Moon.

It would be great for comet watching. If there were to be a comet.

I thought this thread is about comet Atlas

originally posted by: kiliker30
Amazing photos. Super jealous I need to get a better tripod for my 130mm it's too damn shakey.

At least we can see a tail

that's a good sign it's not coming straight at us

As you may already know (going by your emoji) but I'll still mention for the benefit of others, a comet's tail is not always behind it -- i.e., the tail is not always pointed away from the direction it is moving. Instead, a comet's tail always points away from the Sun, no matter what direction the comet is moving.

It is possible for a comet's tail to be perpendicular to the direction it is moving, or even pointed in the same direction it is moving. So a comet with a tail next to it as viewed from Earth could still be headed toward Earth.

Having said that, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) is not headed toward Earth.

originally posted by: abeverage
a reply to: nerbot

Am I the only that thinks that is just Adam Savage in disguise? Oooh or maybe him from the Fuuuuuture!

LOL

The love child of Adam Savage and Bernie Sanders.

Now it seems like the comet is fragmenting and getting dimmer. This is happens often with comets.

www.spaceweather.com...

(Note, the story will.only be on the website for a few days)

Fail x2

Amazing for real. Thanks for uploading this man! Can i share your pics on FB?

originally posted by: jrod
Now it seems like the comet is fragmenting and getting dimmer. This is happens often with comets.

www.spaceweather.com...

(Note, the story will.only be on the website for a few days)

Yes., it is no longer on that page, but here's the archived version of the article:

Space Weather Archive

originally posted by: MohamedAlyy
Amazing for real. Thanks for uploading this man! Can i share your pics on FB?

I prefer to keep it on ATS. Thank you.

a reply to: jrod

Same site (14 April) has confirmation that it has already fragmented into at least three pieces (probably more, but the photo shows three glowing chucks) which has dimmed its brightness overall.

spaceweather.com

a reply to: TEOTWAWKIAIFF

The breakup is clearly visible now. This latest image confirms the possible disintegration observed by NEXT on april 5.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Absolutely incredible thread

Thanks for posting, I had no idea you could get shots like this with “relatively cheap” prosumer equipment, for some reason I thought I’d need to build a observatory at the bottom of the garden

I think I’ve found myself a new hobby lol

Great pictures

originally posted by: intergalactic fire
a reply to: TEOTWAWKIAIFF

The breakup is clearly visible now. This latest image confirms the possible disintegration observed by NEXT on april 5.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

So I think I read the breakup was expected as Atlas slingshot around the sun

Does this change the trajectory?

a reply to: TritonTaranis

The comet was far from the Sun when it began to break up.

The fragments will follow the original orbit.

originally posted by: Case74282

originally posted by: BoscoMoney
We gon die.

Hahahahaha! Right?

That was funny.

Actually, he's right, you know what a green comet emits?..... Cyanide gas.
So we're all going to die.... isn't 2020 just wonderful!

Although, we stand a good chance, this comet won't want to come any were near an infected planet.