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Comet Ison

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Maggie Terlecki

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I'm just curious is anyone else here (besides me) is following the course of comet Ison and to see if it survives it's approach to perihelion in a few hours? If it makes it through intact, we could be in for a wonderful vision in the sky for the next few weeks.

Happy Thanksgiving and Hannukkah to all of you celebrating these holidays!
:)
Maggie
 
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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
I've been following with Nasa's Live Google+ Hangout and streamed on youtube. Sadly, it looks like the comet has broken up and evaporated. Apparently, still good for the scientists because they will be able to analyze information but at this moment, there doesn't seem to be anything at all showing up.
 
Doug Kerr

Doug Kerr

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Hi, Fahim,

fahim mohammed said:
Too much sunlight, I guess :)
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It reminds me of the old story in which the aerospace agency of a certain nation announces its first space travel program: a mission to the Sun.

"But won't the spacecraft burn up before it even gets there?", asked a reporter.

"Oh, no," said the agency spokesman. "We're going to go at night."

Best regards,

Doug
 
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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
Doug Kerr said:
Hi, Fahim,



It reminds me of the old story in which the aerospace agency of a certain nation announces its first space travel program: a mission to the Sun.

"But won't the spacecraft burn up before it even gets there?", asked a reporter.

"Oh, no," said the agency spokesman. "We're going to go at night."

Best regards,

Doug
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LOL - cute! :-D
 
Jerome Marot

Jerome Marot

Well-known member
Maggie Terlecki said:
Sadly, it looks like the comet has broken up and evaporated.
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Breaking news: not quite. A part of the nucleus survived and appeared on the other side of the sun:

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(source soho observatory via "der Spiegel")​
 
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