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November 27, 2013 07:31 pm -05

How to Find the Comet of the Century Using Your iPad

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If you can tear yourself away from the golden brown turkey on your Thanksgiving table and gaze skyward, you may just see a once-in-a generation sight: a comet, or what’s left of it, streaking brightly across the sky. ISON, the so-called comet of the century, has been the center of much fascination for space aficionados and those who get paid to pay attention: NASA.

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Seeing a comet is cool on its own. Witnessing one that may immolate or disintegrate as it blazes by the sun within 730,000 miles is a bonus that turned ISON into something special. So special, in fact, that NASA tried to launch a giant balloon, BRRISON, to monitor the possibly doomed comet. Sadly, the payload suffered a glitch shortly after launch and has been unable to collect data since September. Read more...

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