Comet ISON

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Simon Kenny
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Comet ISON

Post by Simon Kenny » Thu Nov 28, 2013 12:31 pm

Comet ISON will have it's close encounter with the Sun when it reaches perihelion this evening, Thursday 28th November, at 18:44 UTC. Let's hope it survives grazing the sun - at it's closest it will be just about 1 million Kms above the surface.

There are many web sites with loads of informnation. The NASA sites are particularly good as they will be posting the very latest details from their SOHO spacecraft. The complete path of ISON will be tracked before during and after perihelion. Try the following links:

http://cometison.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/ison/#.UpcyCCdtZRy

Simon

Simon Kenny
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Joined: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:17 pm
Location: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

Post by Simon Kenny » Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:08 pm

Just like Icarus, Comet ISON may have flown too close to the Sun, but hopefully not close enough, as there is evidence from the SOHO LASCO C3 camera that part of ISON has survived and is brightening. See link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j6nkLnH ... aOwo1H5gaB

Simon

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