Yeah, Hale-Bopp was cool. We were going for walks most evenings and just after dusk it was a fairly constant companion.

It beat the heck out of Haley's appearance in 1986, which I'm not convinced I ever actually saw.

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I chuckled.

Couldn't we find a better microphone for our space travelers than the crappy karaoke mic from the bar down the street?

Looking out for this tomorrow morning.

Oh great, the Necromongers are on there way.

mainstreetmark: Couldn't we find a better microphone for our space travelers than the crappy karaoke mic from the bar down the street?

Hey don't knock the SM58(at least thats what it looks like), I've been in bands since before high school and its probably the most rugged and long lasting piece of equipment that I have. I have ones covered in paint (dont know how that even happened) and completely dented in at the top after being dropped, thrown, swung around, and jostled around in the back of a car under all of the rest of our equipment and still going strong after 15 years

I guess they could have gone with the SM57, which looks a little more futuristic and has better sound quality at the a similar price, but in my experience, they are also a bit more fragile.

That being said, I was hoping the view was from the space station, and I am leaving satisfied.

delsydsoftware: We got Hale-Bopp in 1996/1997. That was absolutely spectacular for months:

Hale-Bopp wiki (new window)

And don't forget Hyakutake (new window), which was in some ways even more spectacular than Hale-Bopp. Its tail stretched halfway across the sky at closest approach, and you could almost see its movement with the naked eye. Its total brightness was high, but spread out over a large area so that its surface brightness was low -- it was so close and so extended that it was hard to appreciate without dark skies.

mainstreetmark: Couldn't we find a better microphone for our space travelers than the crappy karaoke mic from the bar down the street?

It's too bad it's not 1968, because Shure would be plugging their mic "as used in OUTER SPACE."

A few seconds of a comet, then video of astronaut sticking thumb in crotch, tasting thumb, then sticking thumb back in crotch.

/sorry

So what is the little UFO moving from right to left at the horizon line from :07-:10? Starts just left of center of the frame. Satellite? Meteor?

Confabulat: I was always amazed at the time that a lot of people never even noticed it was right over their heads.

CSB time:

At work I have a reputation of knowing, or being able to quickly research, trivial information. So one day, a co-worker of mine is looking at his calender and asks me "what's a new moon? Isn't that the same as a full moon?" So explaining to him as simply as I could (he doesn't grasp things very quickly) I said "no, it's quite the opposite. A new moon is when the moon is not directly illuminated by the sun. It's barely perceptible to the eye, so it looks like there is no moon that night." He looked at me dumbfounded, saying "I've never seen that." To which I replied "in all your life" (he's in his late 50s) "you've never seen a night where there is no moon?" To which his response was "I guess I always assumed it was just behind a cloud or something."

/facepalm

Achilles381: So what is the little UFO moving from right to left at the horizon line from :07-:10? Starts just left of center of the frame. Satellite? Meteor?

Streetlight.

ZER0T0THEC0RE:

Hey don't knock the SM58(at least thats what it looks like), I've been in bands since before high school and its probably the most rugged and long lasting piece of equipment that I have.

Not as good as a Telefunken U47.



\with leather?

Personally, this is my favorite view of a comet ever.



/hot like the crown Godwinson stole to start the whole mess.

If I have learned anything from scifi films, when a bright light fully illuminates the screen, something got blowed up, or aliens have arrived. Or aliens blowed something up during their arrival.

delsydsoftware: We got Hale-Bopp in 1996/1997

God, I got so sick of that annoying Hansons song.

/hot

I'm either way picky or subby is way easily impressed.

Maud Dib: Not as good as a Telefunken U47.

Not even close sound-wise, but don't you farking dare drop a Telefunken U47. Whereas you can play frisbee with an SM58.

moothemagiccow: Maud Dib: Not as good as a Telefunken U47.

Not even close sound-wise, but don't you farking dare drop a Telefunken U47. Whereas you can play frisbee with an SM58.

I wasn't sure if he was joking or not. For this application, the SM58 is a much better choice. Going with the U47 would be like buying a Ferarri to go off roading instead of a Jeep.

Not a comet, but the ISS posted video of an aurora back in September

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delsydsoftware: We got Hale-Bopp in 1996/1997. That was absolutely spectacular for months:

Hale-Bopp wiki (new window)

Yup. Remember going to see it with my parents. there was a HUGE northern lights display after, made me tingle....

Trapper439: The ISS was over Tasmania? Really?

The orbit is always shifting. To see where it is now and the projected times it will pass over you, go to www.n2yo.com (new window)

Trapper439:
I was under the impression that it never flies over Australia, and that it has a an orbit a bit like this:

Seen it over New Zealand many times so no.