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Yup, it's going to put on quite a show as we head towards December. No doubt, the tin foil hat brigade will still be flooding the interwebs with conspiracies about Comet ISON's connections to UFOs, NASA and Obama.
I hope it survives the sun so we get a good show.
Are you suggesting the Maya's were off by 1 year?
O SHIT not this again...
Are you suggesting the Maya's were off by 1 year?
They are correct , it is our miss understanding of their system. The day before the end a professor at a small college will correctly decipher the calendar.
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I was looking forward to a nice cosmic show for [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Xmas[/FONT]
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COMET ISON--UPDATE: [/FONT]New images from SOHO show something emergingfrom behind the sun. It could be a small fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core. Watch the movie and stay tuned for updates.
http://spaceweather.com
Watch the movie
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COMET ISON--UPDATE: [/FONT]New images from SOHO show something emergingfrom behind the sun. It could be a small fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core. Watch the movie and stay tuned for updates.
http://spaceweather.com
Watch the movie
I was looking forward to a nice cosmic show for Xmas
COMET ISON--UPDATE: New images from SOHO show something emergingfrom behind the sun. It could be a small fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core. Watch the movie and stay tuned for updates.
http://spaceweather.com
Watch the movie
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CANCEL THE EULOGY: Comet ISON flew through the sun's atmosphere on Nov. 28th and the encounter did not go well for the icy comet. Just before perihelion (closest approach to the sun) the comet rapidly faded and appeared to disintegrate. This prompted reports of ISON's demise. However, a fraction of the comet has survived. Click on the image below to see what emerged from Comet ISON's brush with solar fire.
In the movie, Comet ISON seems to be falling apart as it approaches the sun. Indeed, researchers working with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said they saw nothing along the track that ISON was expected to follow through the sun's atmosphere. Nevertheless, something has emerged. Whether this is a small scorched fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core--remains to be seen.
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
In the movie, Comet ISON seems to be falling apart as it approaches the sun. Indeed, researchers working with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory said they saw nothing along the track that ISON was expected to follow through the sun's atmosphere. Nevertheless, something has emerged. Whether this is a small scorched fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core--remains to be seen.
SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
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COMET ISON DIES ... AGAIN: Comet ISON is fading fast as it recedes from the sun. Whatever piece of the comet briefly survived its Thanksgiving Day brush with solar fire is now dissipating in a cloud of dust. Click to view a 4-day movie updated @ 0100 UT on Dec. 1st:
This development makes it unlikely that Comet ISON will put on a good show after it exits the glare of the sun in early December. Experienced astrophotographers might be able to capture the comet's fading "ghost" in the pre-dawn sky, but a naked-eye spectacle is out of the question.
This development makes it unlikely that Comet ISON will put on a good show after it exits the glare of the sun in early December. Experienced astrophotographers might be able to capture the comet's fading "ghost" in the pre-dawn sky, but a naked-eye spectacle is out of the question.
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