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Discovered December 10, 2010, Comet Elenin (also known as C/2010 X1 (Elenin) by Astronomers) showed up as a very faint “speck” of fuzzy haze detected on a CCD image acquired by Leonid Elenin of Moscow, by utilizing a remotely controlled telescope at the ISON-NM Observatory (H15).
In astrometrical terms, the comet was around magnitude 19 when it made its appearance through the 18 inch reflecting telescope. During the month of September 2011, the comet should become bright enough to be an easy target for backyard astronomers in North America and South America as it gets closer.
At magnitude 19 on the index for luminosity it is very dim and only 1/23rd the brightness of the Hale-Bopp comet. Too, it will be several 10s of million miles more distance from Earth as H-B, but will still still be a spectacular sight for those brief days it is visible, mostly for those in the southern hemisphere.
Comet Elenin
Courtesy: The Hubble Space Telescope Institute, Maryland, USA-NASA
I guarantee on the morning and afternoon and forever more on March 16th, the world will be exactly as it is as I write this, 2-10-2011. Totally, 120%. PERIOD!--THERE WILL BE NO DISASTER OR IMPACT OF ANY KIND ON MARCH 15TH, 2011!!
Questions?
Robert
In astrometrical terms, the comet was around magnitude 19 when it made its appearance through the 18 inch reflecting telescope. During the month of September 2011, the comet should become bright enough to be an easy target for backyard astronomers in North America and South America as it gets closer.
At magnitude 19 on the index for luminosity it is very dim and only 1/23rd the brightness of the Hale-Bopp comet. Too, it will be several 10s of million miles more distance from Earth as H-B, but will still still be a spectacular sight for those brief days it is visible, mostly for those in the southern hemisphere.

Comet Elenin
Courtesy: The Hubble Space Telescope Institute, Maryland, USA-NASA
I guarantee on the morning and afternoon and forever more on March 16th, the world will be exactly as it is as I write this, 2-10-2011. Totally, 120%. PERIOD!--THERE WILL BE NO DISASTER OR IMPACT OF ANY KIND ON MARCH 15TH, 2011!!
Questions?
Robert
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