Gleaned from the various end of world pages. Evidently found by a Russian in August. I don't speak Russian, anyone here want to translate? I also did not see any coordinates listed.

http://www.kometa.by.ru/

David Davis
Toledo, OR 97391

Well ... I don't know what it is. I used Babblefish to try and make some sense of his web page. It appears to be a rambling blog about this massive comet coming to destroy the earth, but no tips about a constellation or coordinates to view it.

I suspect a hoax and I was so hoping for a winter comet show, like Machholz a few years ago. That was a nice binocular comet.

David Davis
Toledo, OR 97391

Translation:

There are many letters. It is grateful to all - and those, who supports, and thereby, who scolds. All can be understood. I here lay out the obeshchannye photographs of comet. Some details were explained. First of all, the dimensions of comet, or more precisely its nucleus, somewhat less than those that we assumed earlier. But it is here with speed and trajectory we proved to be right - we could calculate the date of encounter with the Earth. On Moscow - This is The evening- night on 28 October. But the most interesting... Structure. Precomputations make it possible to assume that the nuclear composition is unstable. I.e., in simple language speaking, the "hardness" of the nucleus of comet can be sufficiently small. To what extent it is small - a question thus far opened... I will say one - it is obvious that the fate of planet directly depends on this. Those remaining in the observatory continue observations. I will hold all in the course.

21.09.06 With the return. Judging from the fact, that the mailbox is overfilled, by many not nevertheless as took place trip. Successfully it passed. If we do not consider three sleepless nights and conversation on the face of scandal with one of the representatives of astro-logical association. There are even to our century heroes, prepared for the science "although for bonfire". To each its. To me here is - the detailed data analysis, poluchenykh for 4 sessions observations of the comet. That that the speed of comet grows, by the evidently almost naked eye. Catching itself on what it began to receive mega-comet as something its, native. Almost as the living being. Soon let us be seen, everything to this leads. I will try to obtain oral permission to the publication of new photographs. At the worst, I will publish without the permission, to me (to us) something to lose. There will tomorrow be numbers and photographs. Today - to sleep. To sleep.

15.09.06 More than 200 letters from the different people arrived in yesterday. They want details. They request to confirm the information, which i as yet do not have. Pose questions which 4 thus far I cannot answer. Everyone understands that time it goes, but the precise date of drop is not established. 4 by observation I am occupied, but not by the composition of forecasts. Several days not will be point-duty, tomorrow I leave the capital. No, this is not the capitulation This is the possibility to conduct 4-5 days in V.R. in the observatory. After this, it is necessary to think, will appear more precise numbers and if it transports, even and photographs. The thanks to all, who propose their aid in studies.

12.09.06 It compared its calculations with the data from the observatory from V.R. similarly, encounter with the Earth will occur at the end of October. Merry for us is in prospect month.

05.09.06 Thus far error in my calculations is too great in order to speak about the precise coordinates of a drop in the asteroid. But nevertheless 4 it did not maintain and sketched on the map the most probable points of impact in the mega-comet. Thus. South pole. Global warming they did order? With a drop in the comet in the region of southern terrestrial pole it is provide ford to the long centuries. Consequences, I think, to explain no one it is necessary. The Indian Ocean. The safest for humanity and most dangerous for the planet version. The asteroid fallen into the water will raise the tsunami of such value, which simply will wash off all located on coast states. Furthermore the temperature of water of world ocean will rise. To what temperature? Even I do not know... this to the geophysicists. But in the fact that will be sufficient fish soup to entire remained peace - this is accurate. Continents will remain entire but potreya of resources us it awaits irreplaceable. Europe. Tentatively - Germany. For the complete destruction of this small, but very proud country, will be required schitanye minutes. To us will reach the blast wave, capable of converting the large part of the territory of Russia into the Russian field. Here to you and cinema with the specials-effect. Is certain, this only my assumptions, but...

03.09.06 I raise old connections. It occurs, not all former odnokursnichki populate in the offices OF NII - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE. The thanks V.R. is evident, had to pass more than ten years so that you finally it would cease to see in me the competitor For long they discussed. It occurs, observatories keep silent, because as 4 observe. Electronic telescopes grasped my "mega-comet" (already and name is) long before the "discovery". 4 I do not pretend...on sent V.R. of record distinctly evidently the motion of body to the Earth. What by it is here must? Hypotheses start.

31.08.06 Opredil of the coordinate of the trajectory of body, until it is point. Corridor is wide. Earth on the way. It is necessary to recognize after 72 hours that my calculated of speed are incorrect. The speed of object grew and "starry" hypothesis it was necessary to cross out. Progression is improbable. My "discovery" is also biggish for the comet, this if we look optimistically. But if reasonably, then nevertheless body falls for determination comet or asteroid. Pravda exceeding all conceivable and unthinkable sizes. I hope for one additional error in the calculated of speed, otherwise...

30.08.06 He spoke with Kiev observatory. They do not confirm and do not deny the fact of the approximation of asteroid to the Earth. As the Japanese - there is neither yes nor. Also no one nothing knew about the tunguska meteorite, and then it satisfactorily fell. In Siberia. Almost no one knows that the comets of different coarseness regularly are passed at the minimum distance from the Earth. They pass as nezamechenymi - it is small whether, what trifle flies around the planet. To take at least Shvassmana-Vakhmana in 95 year. This time, similarly, here is sent by no means the trifle.

29.08.06 It caught itself on the thought, that I assume the approximation of asteroid as dannost'. It seems, it is necessary something to make. Question in the fact that. Interesting detail. In 1986 the Americans notched the asteroid of gigantic size, which is moved away along the trajectory from the Earth. For long without thinking, Yankee they calculated trajectory, only not "forward", but "back". It came out very interestingly. Tentatively in the fall of 1844 this comet had to inevitably meet with our planet. It is not quite obvious that it led it astero?opadayet for determination comet or asteroid. Pravda exceeding all conceivable and unthinkable sizes. I hope for one additional error in the calculated of speed, otherwise...

And as all can see from that rough translation, fear mongers come in all nationalities

See October Comet - Pravda Comment

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So maybe this huge killer comet is comet Swan? I see that it is 6th magnitude now. I will have to see if I can catch a view of it with binoculars tomorrow morning .. if it is clear.

I might try for David Levy's new find with the 16 inch .. if it is clear.

Astronomy in the Pacific Northwest

David Davis
Toledo, OR 97391