I will probably go watch just on general principles. I dont know how
long it might take but the thing is about at mars orbit at the time. It
would be neat to video across the time and get something on tape. And for
a change, the further west you are the better chance you have.
I think my 4 july plans are jelling here.
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Alexander Avtanski wrote:
> Mark Bracewell wrote:
> > I am having trouble finding the predicted hour of impact.
>
> I may be wrong, but I'm not sure that anything will be visible
> at the time of impact or immediately after this. It should take
> several hours (or days?) to see the expanding cloud from here,
> if this is visible from here at all. My thinking is that the
> impact would have the same effect as though the comet suddenly
> starts to outgass much more than usual. It will take some time
> until the new particles start to form a noticeable tail/coma.
>
> What do you think? I may be completely mistaken in all this,
> but hey, it is not every day we see something smash into a
> comet, so how should I know what to expect?! :-)
>
> - Alex
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 25 17:26:13 2005