The next big comet?

[gpt]

Just wondered... Is anything else predicted over the next fee years? Or even and known orbital paths in 20yrs? Obviously ison was only discovered last yr so anything can happen... Just wondering which i should be looking forward to next

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[ScottS]

You could always wait for Halley in 2060 ish.

[Stargazer 2013]

I will  be in the sky myself when Halley comes again lol

[gkec]

The thing with comets is that they are unpredictable.  The ones we know about are not going to be spectacular.  The spectacular ones comes out of nowhere (well the Oort cloud where we can't see them) and take everybody by surprise.

There is also an amount of personal luck in being in the right place at the right time. 

Personally the comets you could go out night after night that I have seen are:

Bennet, Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp.

The comets I was in the right place at the right time and saw them clearly with the naked eye at sunset are:

McNaught, PanSTARRS

Comets I have had to find

Halley, Lovejoy (C/2013/R1) and PanSTARRS after my first sighting.  I looked for McNaught again but never found it.

[JB80]

This PDF about comets in 2014 is interesting.

The Siding Spring A1 is the one with the close encounter with Mars, should be another good astro moment.

www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds,/preds14.pdf‎

[Beulah]

You could always wait for Halley in 2060 ish.

Excellent - I'll be 87 years old. Just try and stop me!

[gpt]

I heard valleys wasnt going to be up to much next time around? So literally we are waiting for the next big discovery all of other time? No orbital returns due.

Ah well... Heroes hoping for another hale bopp!

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[MKHACHFE]

Awwww....Hale-Bopp was so damn awesome...I will never forget that sight

[gpt]

I remember seeing hale bopp outside my bedroom window for the month. Wasn't into astronomy then but couldn't help but be in awe

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