Comet ISON Off-Point Testing Today

[SDO]

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We are testing the Comet ISON off-point sequence today. We will move to each of the three positions and wait 10 minutes, taking data to see how the detectors respond. It will take about an hour.
Here is an example of what the Sun will look like as Comet ISON goes through perihelion on November 28, 2013. Somewhere in the inky darkness the comet's light will be seen!
Update at 2:19 pm: Test is over and we are pointing at the Sun again.

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[Sidney]

BUMP- Have they ever done this for a comet before??? Just curious, because if ISON is just another grain of sand hitting a beach ball, why the need for this off-point sequence testing.

[ghostrider]

Hey sid , ison is three objects and I think that NASA is planning in the event this thing goes around the sun and moves into three seperate objects far apart from each other ...