Comet ISON

Moonliner · 11-27-2013, 11:03 AM

Come on baby hold it together!

Tomorrow (Thanksgiving day) Comet ISON will loop around the Sun. If it survives this close encounter we have at least a shot for "Comet of the Century".

I'll be waiting breathlessly for updates.

€uroMeinke · 11-27-2013, 02:28 PM

I've been following along with NASA on this. Love the flyby simulation ap so you can see just how quickly it will whip around the sun. I'll be watching the play by play tomorrow as well as I'm betting she won't make it

Ghoulish Delight · 11-27-2013, 04:05 PM

This is the one that should be so bright it's visible in the daytime sky (if it survives the solar winds), right?

Ghoulish Delight · 11-27-2013, 04:06 PM

I picked a good time to decide to give Theo a telescope for Hannukah

Moonliner · 11-27-2013, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

This is the one that should be so bright it's visible in the daytime sky (if it survives the solar winds), right?

Yes, however "should" is a strong word for now. "Potential to be" is better.

Here is a quick where to look gif.

Moonliner · 11-27-2013, 08:31 PM

For anyone else that wants to watch the play-by-play with commertary, you can find it here on the Comet ISON Google+ Hangout tomorrow.

RStar · 11-27-2013, 11:17 PM

It may be too cloudy to see much from here.

Ghoulish Delight · 11-28-2013, 10:21 AM

Cloudy or not, today isn't the day to see anything as a casual observer. Today it's going to be going past the sun...you really shouldn't be looking at it. Best way to observe it today is via the official observatory feeds Moonie linked to.

IF it survive's today's encounter with the sun, then it may be observable through December.

Moonliner · 11-28-2013, 12:02 PM

Nooooooo!!!

Early indications are that ISON did not survive it's sun-dive. Looks like we get a big bunch of smeared out ice and dust.

*sad*

€uroMeinke · 11-28-2013, 01:31 PM

Eh too bad, but a fun way to spend Thanksgiving morning watching scientists speculate

11-27-2013, 11:03 AM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Comet ISON Come on baby hold it together! Tomorrow (Thanksgiving day) Comet ISON will loop around the Sun. If it survives this close encounter we have at least a shot for "Comet of the Century". I'll be waiting breathlessly for updates. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-27-2013, 02:28 PM	#2
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	I've been following along with NASA on this. Love the flyby simulation ap so you can see just how quickly it will whip around the sun. I'll be watching the play by play tomorrow as well as I'm betting she won't make it __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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11-27-2013, 04:05 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	This is the one that should be so bright it's visible in the daytime sky (if it survives the solar winds), right? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-27-2013, 04:06 PM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I picked a good time to decide to give Theo a telescope for Hannukah __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-27-2013, 08:31 PM	#6
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	For anyone else that wants to watch the play-by-play with commertary, you can find it here on the Comet ISON Google+ Hangout tomorrow. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-27-2013, 11:17 PM	#7
RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	It may be too cloudy to see much from here. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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11-28-2013, 10:21 AM	#8
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Cloudy or not, today isn't the day to see anything as a casual observer. Today it's going to be going past the sun...you really shouldn't be looking at it. Best way to observe it today is via the official observatory feeds Moonie linked to. IF it survive's today's encounter with the sun, then it may be observable through December. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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11-28-2013, 12:02 PM	#9
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Nooooooo!!! Early indications are that ISON did not survive it's sun-dive. Looks like we get a big bunch of smeared out ice and dust. sad __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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11-28-2013, 01:31 PM	#10
€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Eh too bad, but a fun way to spend Thanksgiving morning watching scientists speculate __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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