HOTSHOT: Comet ISON: Faded Glory

[SOHO]

ISON made its closest approach to the Sun during the evening of 28 November, passing just 1.2 million kilometres from the Sun's visible surface. At first the comet was thought to have disintegrated during its fiery encounter, with just a remnant of its tail continuing along ISON's trajectory. But, the next day, it seemed clear that something had survived after all -- possibly a small chunk of ISON's nucleus, along with a lot of dust. This progressively faded as it edged towards SOHO's field of view on 30 November. Over the coming weeks scientists will be analysing the data collected during ISON's encounter with the Sun to decipher the nail-biting chain of events that took place.



More... (http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2013_11_28/)

[Milneman]

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[GoodETxSG]

I will be so glad not to hear about ISON anymore...

[Sérénité]

Looking forward to ISON being ISOFF

[Nanoo Nanoo]

No its a space ship , cos every body knows spaceships fly in biiiig circles : 0 )


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[marlowe]

it's not over till it's over


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHL78TNRlu4

[Bill Ryan]

it's not over till it's over

Well, it'll be over pretty soon.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHL78TNRlu4


WTF IS THAT GIANT THING BEHIND ISON?
It's a Galactic Federation special ops team trying to get the failed cosmic light show going again. :)

(by the way, I thought Sérénité's comment about ISOFF was very funny!)

:focus: <-- which is what's really happening in the world that could actually affect us all...

[Cognitive Dissident]

For me, the most interesting thing about Ison is the support that its wierd and unexpected behaviour gives support to the electric universe model. This story has been posted on another thread but it is definitely worth reading.

Comets are not ice, so they don't melt! The brightening is an electrical effect! (Sorry for over-simplifications)

http://www.sott.net/article/269357-Why-didnt-Comet-ISON-melt-in-the-Sun-How-NASA-and-Official-Science-got-it-all-wrong-again