What is Digg?35 Comments
- JHawk24821, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19I don't know about anyone else, but I expected more. From the tag line, "Photo: Wow!....Now THIS is a Comet!!", I expected to see _the_ comet. I wanted smoke rings to come out of my ears, my mouse to melt, and computer to burst into flames. Children crying in the street and animals hiding under things. I wanted comet deathmatch 2006. This? This is just a photo of a comet. I feel like I have been had.
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12The Swan is quite a beauty. The greenish tint is caused by the sublimation of Cyanogen gas (CN)2 : beautiful but deadly. Cyanogen is also seen in Halley's Comet but a different ratio apparently.
- TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Yes...that is a comet.
- ColdCut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9While it's certainly beautiful, it's not quite what you think it is...
I had the image analyzed at my high tech laboratory where it was put through filters and such:
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8869/swancometmz6.jpg - jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Actually- "the Swan" is about as good as comets get. There have been brighter comets but the color is quite rare.
- lcarsdeveloper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Kochanski: "OK then Lister, what are comets made out of?"
(Kryten mimes 'ice' to help Lister)
Lister: "They're made out of...gas!"
Kochanski: "They're made out of ice"
Lister: "Yes, an icy type of gas" - jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sorry- glitch caused 2 entries. Beg your pardon.
- Toshibi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They wanted to track the comet and not the stars. The stars are obviously on a different axis of motion relative to the earth and the comet.
- jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think it was the Swan. Its only visible in the northern hemisphere- in the constellation Hercules last night.
Don't feel bad. Those of you in the Southern hemisphere have the Large and Small Magellanic clouds to look at and they are awesome year round. - arcangelgabriel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Golly, thanks ever so much for your witty insights. Please go and urinate on your homes incoming electrical service panel while firmly holding on to an implanted copper grounding stake.
- EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1that made my day :)
- JacNet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I already saw this yesterday, who doesn't look at the astronomy picture of the day? =)
- daroots, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I saw somthing last night (28th October) greenish, I live in switzerland, possible?
- CLIFFosakaJAPAN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@jhawk24821
What a Killjoy. I bet if they caught the Loch Ness Monster, you'd comment that it wasn't a big deal because its color was slightly off of what you expected. Same with Bigfoot...."Not Hairy Enough, didn't cause smoke rings to come out of my ears" - battleroyalex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1lmao
- quamb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Once saw a shooting star that had a crazy green and pink trail, lit up the area like lightning.
Always wondered if a meteor landed or it all burnt up.
Anyway, that photo looks real similar. - jamessavik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes- you can see it.
- Florian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ColdCut, that's great! I posted your link to the sci.astro.amateur newsgroup. I've been following the comet for a few weeks now. It's nice in a telescope but pretty much out of reach unless you know your way around the sky pretty well.
- EternalDarkWing, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Needs more lens flare.
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That, and it looks like they exposed different colors at different times, then recombined them.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How does a random picture of a comet make it to the front page of digg?
- CatalystGhost, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Oh, *****, I thought that was a frickin' asteroid... good thing the title set ME straight.
- complexigon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I saw a shooting star with a distinct green tint on Wednesday, perhaps it was this. I saw it in Adelaide, South Australia at about 9pm at night.
- grimman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Wow... absolutely horrible picture quality. And in the year 2006. Who would have thought? :P
Dugg nevertheless... I like comets, just not bad picture quality. :) - psion01, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0A harbinger of doom, it is! Woe be unto us all! A mighty leader shall fall! A battle will go badly! An evil child was born this day!
Or maybe it's just a big ball of ice and dust.
Realizing this is a compilation of several time-exposed photographs, does anyone know why the stars have "warp streaks"? They're red, blue, and green, so I'd suppose it's obviously related to different filters used over each exposure or different CCDs, but why couldn't that be compensated for? - doomgoat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1bury
- StanleyKoolPrik, on 10/12/2007, -9/+0You call that a comet. Ive picked more impressive "Comets" out of my stool.
Pretty rainbow. Wheres the pony? - blastradius, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4The ugly duckling becomes a swan.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2it's called exaggeration. gawd.
- fjacky66, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1bla bla bla sit.
- Sil369, on 10/12/2007, -12/+0It's a distant star that just farted.
- scairborn, on 10/12/2007, -14/+1Cut, Print, Gay.
- ki1022, on 10/12/2007, -26/+2I ***** better comets than that.
Digg is coming to a city (and computer) near you! Check out all the details on our 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is 