Astronomy Cast 324: Sun Grazers
Comets can spend billions of years out in the Oort Cloud, and then a few brief moments of terror orbiting the Sun. These are the sun grazers. Some survive their journey, and flare up to become the...
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Gorgeous Astrophoto: Montage of Comet ISON
A montage of images of Comet ISON taken from September 24 to November 15, 2013. Credit and copyright: Damian Peach. Astrophotographer Damian Peach has wowed us with his images of Comet ISON the past...
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Is Anything Left of ISON? Spacecraft Continue to Monitor Comet’s Remains
This images from the STEREO A spacecraft shows Comet ISON (upper right) still visible on Dec. 3, 2013. Credit: NASA. Could Comet ISON possibly still be alive? The latest high-resolution images...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – December 6, 2013 – Zombie ISON, Jade Rabbit, Lovely...
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Sondy Springmann (...)Read the rest of Weekly Space Hangout – December 6, 2013 – Zombie ISON, Jade Rabbit, Lovely Venus and...
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Comet Tourism Flight Trades ISON For Lovejoy
Although Comet ISON briefly brightened after its closest encounter with the sun in November 2013, these days astronomers are classifying it more as an ex-comet of dust and debris. Images from the Solar...
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Hubble Looks but Finds No Trace of Comet ISON
Each of the four panels is a combination of two separate exposures made by the Hubble Space Telescope as it tracked Comet ISON’s position. Had the comet been in any of these frames, it would have...
View ArticleWeekly Space Hangout – December 27, 2013: Year in Review & Looking Forward
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: +Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein), David Dickinson (@Astroguyz), Pamela Gay (@starstryder) Big thanks to Nicole Gugliucci (@noisyastronomer) for doing a wonderful job...
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Jan. 16 May Be Last Best Chance to Search for Comet ISON’s Remains
Comet ISON revolves around the sun in steeply inclined orbit. Earth will pass through the plane of that orbit on Jan. 16. As we look “up” toward the comet, ISON’s dust stacks up along our line of sight...
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A Possible Meteor Shower from Comet ISON?
The position of the radiant for any possible “ISON-ids” in Leo. Note the nearby Full Moon the night of January 15th. Credit-Stellarium Hey, remember Comet C/2012 S1 ISON? Who can forget the...
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Comet ISON Photo Contest Winners Rock the House!
“Comet ISON” — People’s Choice award winner: Eric Cardoso, Setúbal, Portugal. Credit: Eric Cardoso Comet ISON’s gone but positively not forgotten. The National Science Foundation today shared the...
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