The final comet of the age and its links to the Russian Z logo obsession

These images were showing as blank white. I waited for it to all
Load and I’m assuming it’s not to do with that.

Maybe they will load?

If they don’t load can someone tell me please

https://imgur.com/zqRxwTz

So if I see these load up there must be an issue

https://imgur.com/Sl2SkUG

https://imgur.com/jlprUGO

https://imgur.com/dQbQcsF

Ok. There’s an issue

I will likely post one more pic from my trip.

I have a few and I’ll get back to them. Also possible sighting of the red planet from this evening

I will now have to review my videos and images. Coming up

Not loaded john, including those on last page. Nice to here you had a good time away.

These are some stocking fillers.

Just checked weather and we are all good for two days. Completely clear. Likelihood of captures is achievable on some level surely. So I’ll get this up to date

So if you’ve read the thread and taken note. You have a trained eye. No need to point this out

https://imgur.com/xDVQPuK

https://imgur.com/qL7ytIR

They’re all loading.

These are all of course small fry formations compared to what is at the upper end.

Take it all in though. As I’ve highlighted recently. We are now seeing the smaller components coming into view-certainly more frequently.

So yes a small vortex style here

https://imgur.com/6KzhBK3

Actually produced a good nucleus for its size

https://imgur.com/S0FymtE

Hybrid image. Of course nucleus is in the center with the vortex style

https://imgur.com/FKIBbat

Here was another fairly recent vortex category just for reference (hybrid image)

https://imgur.com/iOMdjtT

I’ve just noticed they are loaded now. Always worth a call out hehe

Cheers Guys

Rather than leaving anyone hanging on after mentioning this. I’ll go ahead and post a very quick preview of the red planet.

After extracting this to its fullest, I’m confident we have another sighting.

First you need to know when and where to see this. There’s a small window of time as evening turns into dusk. This is when the reds are mostly visible in the spectrum through the atmosphere.

This was very subtle. Not subtle enough for me not to see it though. Many wouldn’t though. Clearly that is the case, as if you told someone you could see an unofficial red planet in the sky and there’s an inbound system they may laugh at you. As many here know the world is collectively ignorant of most things.

I have videos of this and images that I’m running through. I will also have to post the previous captures from my garden to present this in the most transparent and honest way showing it’s location. All amounting to laying a case for it being a legit sighting.

So for now this is what I have extracted. This is far more obvious than was visible, but I couldn’t have achieved this sheer contrast in colours were it not to be what it is suspected to be.

So for now

https://imgur.com/827nh45

I’m just going to post some previous captures to round this off in preparation for the latest pics

So by now I’m struggling to remember how many times I’ve seen this in what Is now pushing 8 years documentation. Without a doubt the debris formation has been sighted in this timeframe well into the few hundreds. But the red planet could only number 20-30. That’s an approximation. A precise figure isn’t so necessary, I’m just emphasizing the rarity of seeing this compared to what I normally expect to see. Maybe an average yearly ratio (currently) of 1 or 2 red planet sightings to 5-6 debris formation as we stand, this wasn’t always historically the trend

In a strange way. Seeing the red planet isn’t so important for me atm. I can’t gain as much insight or data from it than I can from seeing the debris formation. So Ingrid’s capture I actually prize higher than this. Even though the red planet/nucleus is rarer to see.

All the same I’m not exactly disappointed. Yes we can mark developments, but they are far less insightful. In a way though. The fact it’s on the scene again so soon, says a lot in its own right. This is not something I’m actively searching for. It’s just something I’m aware of that can be seen and when the time is right I happen upon a sighting. Mostly requiring observation skills and luck. Not so much persistence.

When I get round to posting the latest captures you’ll see how subtle it is.

So to begin

This was from 2020. Video has already been posted

https://imgur.com/JAxSO7k

Central object here. The colour is lacking due to having to adjust the exposure and also the pics being copies of copies over the years

https://imgur.com/4OwU5ds

https://imgur.com/qWIlMW1

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 11:55 AM

Ok something about this post wasn’t liked. Imgur trick required

https://imgur.com/rTiwea0

Btw video for these images was already posted in the thread. Next post I’ll add the images that go with that^ Text

So same issues encountered here as recently. Except in these images it muddled itself more amongst the haze and was too low on the horizon to really bring out the best.

First image above starting the red planet posts, shows it perfectly isolated and a very clear sky, resulting in the crispest capture.

You can still see here the subtle elements about it. That hasn’t changed and is yet another marker I suppose

https://imgur.com/VS1TuY4

https://imgur.com/4K5hsnT

https://imgur.com/cwqC4sk

As if there wasn’t enough to do, it’s not liking this post again.

https://imgur.com/VpGGvJx

Images from this post will be below this

https://imgur.com/rcs3BVl

https://imgur.com/oM9kzK7

https://imgur.com/xNGJEoe

Ok I’ll admit this is really quite annoying. Three times in a row doesn’t seem like a coincidence. I have to copy all these posts beforehand to preempt this. Lucky I do that.

https://imgur.com/6i3EcuG

So images posted in the order they were originally in text/post above

Hybrid image

https://imgur.com/3Ml25T4

Video

https://imgur.com/pFwrJLj

Ingrid’s capture

https://imgur.com/xkQSZBC

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Another video here. I favored the one posted first as it seemed better. Now I’m not sure. Again I adjust the exposure manually and this video is longer. Maybe a worthy addition.

Some may look at this and be so what. Others may appreciate this for what it is.

Want some insight into just how difficult it can be to see this? Even for someone who has tracked it for pushing 8 years? Then watch the video to fully understand that. It can be very subtle indeed.

In fact what I saw in 2015 trumped this. It just goes to show it’s elusiveness and subtlety.

When the passage ‘comes like a thief in the night’ is said. I always liken it to this. The nature of the planet form and also the debris formations. A world of people have no idea about this. They will all know but not until the last moment and you can well imagine by that time what they will see.

Glaring nucleuses bright planets and steaming/smoking eerie debris formations covering the sky. All it takes is things to be turned up just a few notches in magnitude and we are there. Sky is already full of formations on optimal days

I’ll just edit in and say. Be patient with this video. I’ve rewatched it. You’ll see me slowly cranking the exposure down. With each crank you see it emerge moreso

https://imgur.com/dr1KUQF

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 12:35 PM

Hmm thanks for the addition. Interesting how the moon is playing a role in making things trickier to see. Kind of like the excuse they had with the sun glare and the reason inbounds couldn’t be seen til the last moment

I’ll repost these, as I couldn’t see them side by side on one screen for a comparison

https://imgur.com/xkQSZBC

https://imgur.com/827nh45

Same size nucleus ^

So I’m probably being typically unimpressed and picky about this. Given that I’ve seen some pretty wacky stuff in my days. From UFOs flying over the house near daily (for most of my life) (images and videos posted), from a range of stunning formations of the system. Comets that emit a rainbow aura. You name it.

Tbh I shouldn’t take anything away from this sighting. It is fantastic. Only taken yesterday.

Normally I run things through the program and ‘send it to press’ and post here ASAP. It’s only after watching the videos again and again have I gained more respect for this sighting.

It’s subtle nature is what detracts from it. But as I edited above. If you’re patient and watch the videos through, certainly the longer one. You’ll see me cranking the exposure and at some point arriving at an exposure level which was perfect in showcasing this. When it comes through it is very nice and does it justice.

So a lesson here for me. From the get go I need to find an exposure level that is complimentary.

These two images are screen shots from the video. Technically they are originals. Except they are showing more than the originals posted above. When the video starts actually it’s hard to see anything. Some may get bored and leave it. Really see it through if you can. 1 minute video is on the longer end of my footage duration. Even still not long to ‘endure’.

https://imgur.com/WI9bKJ7

https://imgur.com/Xv0vGzQ

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 12:50 PM

I’ll post these as they come working forward.. Nice day for weather here. Bad day for sightings.

Although occasions like this do show action in the evening.

I should make this a shorter post. I could make this a shorter post. But I won’t and I’ll post all the images showing the build up of how I got to this nucleus, just to be transparent. As the results are quite astonishing and they may be doubted. Well I’m sure many don’t think like that. But I’ll post the build up to cater for all.

So by now I’m good at this after nearly 8 years. I’d hope so too!

I’ve homed in on the wishbone style tail. No stark hallmarks such as angles, but hallmarks were there to be ID’ed with experience. I may actually zoom in on one and crop it.

I hoped this wouldn’t be a case of a weak nucleus the likes we have seen. Of course I’m hoping before I press that button on photoshop, that this will show the densest area of pixelation at the front predicted area, which is where it should be with this category.

It’s quite simply a case of pressing a button and I immediately know where the density is. Then I work it down from there. Well I was quite pleased to see the density up front.

I’ve then worked it down to a nice clean smaller area. Excellent capture here.

Oh and a video


Original

https://imgur.com/QtG7QPt

Hybrid image

https://imgur.com/vKCqO1c

Video

See here the details in the tail for full appreciation. I’ve taken it back to see some *possible* trailers. I’m currently working on them images. Of course I was suss enough to take the video back and take further images. I’ve learnt from many occasions to entertain this. I.e. Most recently what I’ve posted yesterday from my trip. As in the long tail above the big buildings.

For the sake of this post. Just focus on the main formation and it’s forked tail seen in images above

https://imgur.com/mt2D0oL

Overall this build up isn’t so pretty in this case. What I really like about the hybrid images is they are filling a niche. Certain images like this can’t be brought to their full potential overall. As it’s a trade off between exposing the tail or focusing on the nucleus. Many times resulting in them being resigned to the trash bin.

What we have as you all know with the hybrid images is a compromise split down the middle equally. We have our clear and obvious nucleus with no loss at all in tail detail.

So these images do get Knarly on the journey. One thing I did like is how this first pics shows the dissipation of the upper tail in flame like colours. I had to pass on this and take the image further. I’ll be summing up the process in three pics to adhere to the three post rule and not inconveniently run over into the next post. Edit scratchthat I’ll be going into the next post

https://imgur.com/TMGcS4W

https://imgur.com/NBhEcfg

https://imgur.com/dzqfBiw

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 03:35 PM

Also note^ in the red white and yellow (first image) note the colour change of the background!

Its that pressure wave effect again. A colour change that the program has picked up behind the head end. Yes this hasn’t translated into the hybrid image. So it’s good ive included this for that reason.

Very nice thing the program has picked up invisible to the naked eye-a pressure wave forming behind the comet

So those images may not have been in the correct order exactly. Now I will post the last two images of the process in order to cap this off

https://imgur.com/osbmMWB

So the end result. Refined to this. The densest area of pixelation in the whole formation is in the predicted area. I then simply overlay this onto the original, resulting in an obvious nucleus and full natural debris tail formation

https://imgur.com/nf8rH4l

Here are some tail details. The carrot like part. A gap along the tail and then another carrot like part. Hope you get what I mean. Take a look at the video. Lots to see on the tail

https://imgur.com/TVkwUH9

Again our end result.

https://imgur.com/vKCqO1c

I’ve put these across as quick as I could. Taken the pics. Worked on them and posted.

I’ve selected the best capture from my sequence. Although I have about 20 images to go through. There were other suspicious things as I said. I’ll see how I get on with that.

So before taking this image I was very confident in this being legit. Well I just knew. After taking this through the whole process afterward, this has just cemented further I was correct. How many times have I been I that position? Never got it wrong! Here we have another lesser comet formation caught in bad conditions no less.

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 04:08 PM

^also note a dominant tail and weaker tail. Ion and dust tails.

I’ll be doing a post about how we can maybe differentiate between these tails.

The ion tail should be the straighter slimmer and crisper tail (generally) the dust tail should be thicker, more bodied or fluffier.

Actually I’ve dug this out.

https://imgur.com/bkJJ3zh

I’ll pull up the image via Holland again for perhaps the clearest illustration

https://imgur.com/1BqrpPH

Note the right tail is straight and slimmer. If we for a moment subtract this tail. We are left with just the left tail. This should be our dust tail. If you look to the first image posted above. The dust tail should align with the orbital direction.

Look at the Dutch image and you’ll see the left tail is cascading diagonally upper left to lower right! We know this is a predominant feature I’ve pointed out time and again in the captures. We know there is this diagonal plane they are orientated on. So we can say it is likely the left tail is the dust tail and it is aligned on the orbital direction. The right tail should then be the ion tail. In this case for example, although We know there are a handful of planes we have noted.

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 04:02 PM

One last thing. The (right side) ion tail in the Dutch image^. Is pointing away from the sun. As it should! As they always do apparently. See graphic above.

Left (dust) tail of the Dutch image is aligned on the orbital plane. Right tail is pointing away from the sun.

Detective work like this only further bolsters what was already a water tight case

Last Edited by Gamechanger 3.0 on 08/09/2022 04:14 PM