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Volgens het plaatje hierboven 270 graden, dus pal naar het westen.quote:Op woensdag 13 maart 2013 14:43 schreef Nemephis het volgende:
n00b-vraag: In welke richting moet je kijken om dat ding te zien?
Op dinsdag 23 augustus 2011 23:18 schreef problematiQue het volgende:
Mensen die zomaar claimen dat A beter is dan B moet je gewoon negeren. Internetruis.
Mensen die zomaar claimen dat A beter is dan B moet je gewoon negeren. Internetruis.
Heb je (w)(m)eer geluk gehad dan mijquote:Op woensdag 13 maart 2013 21:00 schreef Estate2 het volgende:
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De maan kon ik heel goed zien maar
een stuk eronder zat een hele lange
gesloten wolkenband
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Zelfs met de verrekijker lukt het mij niet, alleen met lange belichting zichtbaar op de foto (2-4 sec.)
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Gevonden met de verrekijker! En als er geen lantaarnpaaal in de buurt stond vast ook wel met hel blote oog. Foto's kunnen maken @400mm. Helaas wel tussen de takken door, maar er zitten vast een paar goede tussen.
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Er waren veel vlietuigen aan de horizon
En veel sluierbewolking
Maar een komeet
En veel sluierbewolking
Maar een komeet
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hoe laat?
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Mooie afbeelding en timelaps Estate2!
Ben benieuwd hoe Panstarrs zich verhoudt met ISON. Die zou toch vele malen groter en helderder moeten worden?
Ben benieuwd hoe Panstarrs zich verhoudt met ISON. Die zou toch vele malen groter en helderder moeten worden?
![[Updated] Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) in STEREO HI-1B](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/reizDW0Y-Rk/default.jpg)
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ISON zou -3 tot -4 gaan in november dit jaar volgens de huidige voorspelling. Theoretisch zichtbaar overdag dus.quote:
Ben benieuwd hoe Panstarrs zich verhoudt met ISON. Die zou toch vele malen groter en helderder moeten worden?
Panstarrs is nu geschat +0,2 en verschikkelijk groot verschil dus.
Het ISS komt wel eens over met een magnitude van -3,7 en dat is niet te missen, zelfs niet tijdens de schemering. Als je de baan en het tijdstip weet kun je hem zelfs overdag vinden. Ik heb hem een paar keer in de namiddag over zien komen.
ISON zal in november hier laat in de nacht, begin ochtend te zien moeten zijn.
–4.00 Faintest objects observable during the day with naked eye when Sun is high
–3.82 Minimum brightness of Venus when it is on the far side of the Sun
–2.94 Maximum brightness of Jupiter
–2.91 Maximum brightness of Mars
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awesome!quote:
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nerdgasm! <3quote:
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The difference between the three Abrahamic religions:
- Christianity mumbling to the ceiling,
- Judaism mumbling to the wall,
- Islam mumbling to the floor.
- Christianity mumbling to the ceiling,
- Judaism mumbling to the wall,
- Islam mumbling to the floor.
IS COMET PAN-STARRS FRAGMENTING?
Veteran astrophotographer Peter Rosen has been monitoring Comet Pan-STARRS, and his latest images obtained on March 15th seem to show a fragment emerging from the nucleus. It is the speck just below and to the right of the comet's head.
"It is visible also in two or three other image stacks," says Rosen. He notes how the stars in the image are trailed, but the apparent fragment is not. "It seems to follow the comet, not the stars. A plane passed through the field of view during the exposure, making a red streak through the comet's tail."
"The colorful image is a frequency modulation that increases the contrast and clearly shows the fragment as a dark dot below the nucleus," he continues. "I hope this splitting can be confirmed or refuted soon by other observers."
For casual sky watchers: A growing number of people are reporting that they can see Comet Pan-STARRS with the naked eye. Best estimates place the magnitude of the comet at +0.2, about twice as bright as a 1st magnitude star. As the comet moves away from the sun, its visibility is improving, which means you might be able to see it in the nights ahead. Step outside about an hour after sunset and look west:
Veteran astrophotographer Peter Rosen has been monitoring Comet Pan-STARRS, and his latest images obtained on March 15th seem to show a fragment emerging from the nucleus. It is the speck just below and to the right of the comet's head.
"It is visible also in two or three other image stacks," says Rosen. He notes how the stars in the image are trailed, but the apparent fragment is not. "It seems to follow the comet, not the stars. A plane passed through the field of view during the exposure, making a red streak through the comet's tail."
"The colorful image is a frequency modulation that increases the contrast and clearly shows the fragment as a dark dot below the nucleus," he continues. "I hope this splitting can be confirmed or refuted soon by other observers."
For casual sky watchers: A growing number of people are reporting that they can see Comet Pan-STARRS with the naked eye. Best estimates place the magnitude of the comet at +0.2, about twice as bright as a 1st magnitude star. As the comet moves away from the sun, its visibility is improving, which means you might be able to see it in the nights ahead. Step outside about an hour after sunset and look west:
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Pan-STARRS more photogenic
As it emerges from the glare of the evening sun, Comet Pan-STARRS is becoming even more photogenic. Last night, March 17th, Alan Dyer caught it setting behind the Very Large Array, a radio telescope in Socorro, New Mexico:
Movie-goers will remember seeing the VLA in Carl Sagan's movie Contact starring Jodie Foster. Among astronomers, the array is even more famous for real-life scientific discoveries. On March 17th, the great telescope was window dressing for a comet.
"Light from the nearly quarter Moon high in the sky illuminated the landscape and highlighted the rims of the 27 dishes of the VLA," says Dyer. "Fortunately, the array was arranged in its most compact formationfor easy photography – at times the dishes can be spread out over many miles."
"The comet appeared in deep twilight," he continues. "A classic curving dust tail is now obvious in photos. This comet will bear watching and shooting over the next month, no matter where you are in the northern hemisphere."
For casual sky watchers: A growing number of people are reporting that they can see Comet Pan-STARRS with the naked eye. Best estimates place the magnitude of the comet at +0.2, about twice as bright as a 1st magnitude star. As the comet moves away from the sun, its visibility is improving. Observing tip: Step outside about an hour after sunset and face west. Pinpoint the comet using binoculars. Once you know where to look, put the optics aside and try some naked-eye observing.
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As it emerges from the glare of the evening sun, Comet Pan-STARRS is becoming even more photogenic. Last night, March 17th, Alan Dyer caught it setting behind the Very Large Array, a radio telescope in Socorro, New Mexico:
Movie-goers will remember seeing the VLA in Carl Sagan's movie Contact starring Jodie Foster. Among astronomers, the array is even more famous for real-life scientific discoveries. On March 17th, the great telescope was window dressing for a comet.
"Light from the nearly quarter Moon high in the sky illuminated the landscape and highlighted the rims of the 27 dishes of the VLA," says Dyer. "Fortunately, the array was arranged in its most compact formationfor easy photography – at times the dishes can be spread out over many miles."
"The comet appeared in deep twilight," he continues. "A classic curving dust tail is now obvious in photos. This comet will bear watching and shooting over the next month, no matter where you are in the northern hemisphere."
For casual sky watchers: A growing number of people are reporting that they can see Comet Pan-STARRS with the naked eye. Best estimates place the magnitude of the comet at +0.2, about twice as bright as a 1st magnitude star. As the comet moves away from the sun, its visibility is improving. Observing tip: Step outside about an hour after sunset and face west. Pinpoint the comet using binoculars. Once you know where to look, put the optics aside and try some naked-eye observing.
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02-04-2013
NASA meet ‘komeet van de eeuw’ C/2012 ISON op
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NASA heeft de komeet C/2012 (ISON) opgemeten. De komeet – die in november van dit jaar wel eens een spectaculaire show kan gaan weergeven en dan mogelijk zelfs overdag vanaf de aarde zichtbaar is – lijkt een kern van zo’n vijf kilometer breed te hebben.
Dat blijkt uit foto’s die de SWIFT-satelliet van de komeet heeft gemaakt. De doorsnede van vijf kilometer is niet zo heel verrassend: de meeste kometen beschikken over een kern van ongeveer deze grootte.
Materiaal
SWIFT bestudeerde niet alleen de kern van ISON. De satelliet achterhaalde ook hoeveel materiaal de komeet op dit moment verliest. De observaties wijzen erop dat het om zo’n 51.000 kilo stof per minuut gaat. Ook verliest de komeet ongeveer 60 kilo water per minuut.
Erosie Zoals gezegd verliest de komeet zodra deze de zon nadert flink wat stof en water. Maar blijft er dan nog wel iets van de komeet over? De onderzoekers denken van wel. “We schatten dat ongeveer tien procent van de diameter van de komeet erodeert, maar waarschijnlijk zal deze niet vernietigd worden,” stelt Knight.November
Op het moment dat SWIFT de komeet bestudeerde, bevond deze zich op zo’n 604 miljoen kilometer van de aarde en ongeveer 740 miljoen kilometer van de zon. Tegen het eind van dit jaar – op 28 november, om precies te zijn – zal de komeet de zon van een stukje dichterbij gaan bekijken. De komeet nadert het zichtbare oppervlak van de zon dan tot zo’n 1,2 miljoen kilometer. Doordat de komeet dan zo dicht bij de zon in de buurt komt, zal het oppervlak eroderen en flink wat meer stof loslaten dan nu het geval is. Tegelijkertijd verliest de komeet door toedoen van de hitte van de zon ook veel meer water. Onderzoekers verwachten dat de komeet rond deze tijd ook goed zichtbaar is vanaf de aarde. De komeet zou dan wellicht zo helder zijn dat deze met het blote oog te zien is.
Prestatie
Op dit moment wordt de komeet al steeds helderder. De grote vraag is echter of deze ook de komende maanden – wanneer de komeet steeds dichter bij de zon in de buurt komt en steeds meer water verliest – helderder zal worden. “Het ziet er veelbelovend uit, maar dat is het enige wat we nu met zekerheid kunnen zeggen,” vertelt onderzoeker Matthew Knight. “Voorgaande kometen konden niet langer aan de verwachtingen voldoen zodra ze het hart van het zonnestelsel bereikten.” De onderzoekers houden de komeet ook de komende maanden goed in de gaten. “De observaties van de komende maanden zullen ons een beter beeld geven van hoe ISON zal gaan presteren.”
Op 1 oktober van dit jaar scheert de komeet redelijk dicht langs Mars (op zo’n 10,8 miljoen kilometer afstand). De onderzoekers hopen dan een goed beeld van de komeet te krijgen. “Persoonlijk hoop ik op prachtige foto’s van Curiosity,” vertelt onderzoeker Michael Kelley.
(scientias.nl)
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Oeh, mooi, ik herinner me een komeet een jaar of 25 terug die je zelfs in de stad met het blote ook kon zien. Als deze net zo, of nog helderder wordtquote:
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
De beroemste van allemaal Halley's comet 1988quote:
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Oeh, mooi, ik herinner me een komeet een jaar of 25 terug die je zelfs in de stad met het blote ook kon zien. Als deze net zo, of nog helderder wordt
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Had ik het nog goed ook met 25 jaar. Maar goed, zou deze weer net zo helder worden?quote:
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De beroemste van allemaal Halley's comet 1988
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
Ison zou mogelijk eentje zijn die je overdag kunt zien.quote:
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Had ik het nog goed ook met 25 jaar. Maar goed, zou deze weer net zo helder worden?
Maar je kunt niet eigenlijk nog niks over de helderheid zeggen.
Want dat is niet te voorspellen. Het is dus gewoon afwachten
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Of de postcode van Greater Manchesterquote:
Zeg dan gewoon Andromeda, in plaats van een of andere snelweg in Engeland.
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'86.quote:
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De beroemste van allemaal Halley's comet 1988
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MAGNIFICENT COMET TAIL:
This week, Earth passed through the orbital plane of Comet Pan-Starrs.
This allowed observers to see the comet's fan-shaped tail edge on.
Veteran astrophotographer Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona, judged it
"the finest long anti-tail we have ever imaged in the past 35 years of comet photography!"
This picture, taken by Pete Lawrence of Selsey UK, shows less than half of the comet's tail;
click on the image to see the rest:
"Wow - as Earth crossed the orbital plane of comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS,
the comet's orbital plane spike or 'anti-tail' became very impressive, stretching
for more than 7 degrees across the sky," says Lawrence.
The narrow linear structure is called an anti-tail because it points toward the sun,
opposite the usual direction of comet tails. In fact, this is an artifact of the viewing
geometry. Gas and dust evaporating from the comet is not being sucked back toward the sun.
Amateur astronomers with mid-sized backyard telescopes can see the anti-tail for themselves.
Comet Pan-Starrs is shining like a 9th magnitude star not far from Polaris, the North Star.
This week, Earth passed through the orbital plane of Comet Pan-Starrs.
This allowed observers to see the comet's fan-shaped tail edge on.
Veteran astrophotographer Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona, judged it
"the finest long anti-tail we have ever imaged in the past 35 years of comet photography!"
This picture, taken by Pete Lawrence of Selsey UK, shows less than half of the comet's tail;
click on the image to see the rest:
"Wow - as Earth crossed the orbital plane of comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS,
the comet's orbital plane spike or 'anti-tail' became very impressive, stretching
for more than 7 degrees across the sky," says Lawrence.
The narrow linear structure is called an anti-tail because it points toward the sun,
opposite the usual direction of comet tails. In fact, this is an artifact of the viewing
geometry. Gas and dust evaporating from the comet is not being sucked back toward the sun.
Amateur astronomers with mid-sized backyard telescopes can see the anti-tail for themselves.
Comet Pan-Starrs is shining like a 9th magnitude star not far from Polaris, the North Star.
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quote:Hubble Space Telescope snaps first pictures of super-fast Comet ISON
July 4, 2013 – SPACE - The Comet ISON shines like a cosmic skyrocket in a new video from the Hubble Space Telescope as the icy wanderer, which some astronomers have billed as a potential “comet of the century,” streaks through our solar system at a staggering 48,000 mph. The new Comet ISON video, which NASA released Tuesday (July 2), is a time-lapse view created from images of the comet obtained using the Hubble telescope on May 8. At the time, the comet was about 403 million miles (648 million kilometers) from Earth and crossing between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. NASA officials likened the comet’s extreme speed to a skyrocket on the Fourth of July. “The movie shows a sequence of Hubble observations taken over a 43-minute span and compresses this into just five seconds,” NASA officials explained in a video description. “The comet travels 34,000 miles in this brief video, or 7 percent of the distance between Earth and the moon. The deep-space visitor streaks silently against the background stars.” The blue hue of ISON in the new video is actually a false-color view of the comet as it appeared through the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. Comet ISON was discovered by amateur astronomers in September 2012 and is headed for a close encounter with the sun in late November of this year.
The comet’s swing through the inner solar system is much anticipated by professional and amateur astronomers because of its extremely close approach to the sun. On Nov. 28, Comet ISON will swing within 800,000 miles (1.2 million km) of the sun’s surface. That close encounter could cause the comet to flare up into a brilliant night sky sight visible to the unaided eye by November. But the comet could also fizzle out in a fabulous bust, so NASA scientists and astronomers around the world are keeping a close watch on Comet ISON to see if it lives up to its hype. While NASA has likened Comet ISON to a cosmic firework in the new Hubble video, the comet itself is not exploding. “Its skyrocket-looking tail is really a streamer of gas and dust bleeding off the icy nucleus, which is surrounded by a bright star-like-looking coma,” NASA officials wrote. “The pressure of the solar wind sweeps the material into a tail, like a breeze blowing a windsock.” As the comet zooms closer to the sun and warms up, it is expected to grow, NASA officials added. ISON’s tail will also grow longer over time. In April, Comet ISON’s tail stretched across 57,000 miles (92,000 km) in images snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope. At the time, the comet’s nucleus was estimated to be about 4 miles (6.5 km) across. Because of ISON’s potential to be a spectacular night sky object, NASA and astronomers around the world have assembled a Comet ISON Observing Campaign to track the object’s progress across the solar system
Misschien heb ik het al gemist maar rond wanneer weten we of deze komeet daadwerkelijk een spektakel op zal leveren?
Resistance is futile.
Mijn telescoop is binnengekomen, van het weekeinde in elkaar zetten.
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
Zou zo'n komeet ook te volgen zijn met mijn goedkope telescoop waarbij ik al moeite heb om Jupiter bij te houden op de grootste vergroting? 
Hopelijk heb je hem niet nodig!quote:
Zou zo'n komeet ook te volgen zijn met mijn goedkope telescoop waarbij ik al moeite heb om Jupiter bij te houden op de grootste vergroting?
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
Voor de maan heb je ook geen telescoop nodig, maar toch zie je met veel meerquote:Op donderdag 4 juli 2013 22:32 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
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Hopelijk heb je hem niet nodig!
Kloptquote:
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Voor de maan heb je ook geen telescoop nodig, maar toch zie je met veel meer
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
Je ziet idd meer details....quote:
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Voor de maan heb je ook geen telescoop nodig, maar toch zie je met veel meer
Maar bij Ison zul je geen telescoop nodig hebben voor de details.
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A Timeline Of Comet ISON's Dangerous Journey
by Karen C. Fox for Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2013
A comet's journey through the solar system is perilous and violent. A giant ejection of solar material from the sun could rip its tail off. Before it reaches Mars - at some 230 million miles away from the sun - the radiation of the sun begins to boil its water, the first step toward breaking apart.
And, if it survives all this, the intense radiation and pressure as it flies near the surface of the sun could destroy it altogether.
Right now, Comet ISON is making that journey. It began its trip from the Oort cloud region of our solar system and is now travelling toward the sun.
The comet will reach its closest approach to the sun on Thanksgiving Day - 28 Nov 2013.
skimming just 730,000 miles above the sun's surface.
If it comes around the sun without breaking up, the comet will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere with the naked eye, and from what we see now, ISON is predicted to be a particularly bright and beautiful comet.
Cataloged as C/2012 S1, Comet ISON was first spotted 585 million miles away in September 2012. This is its very first trip around the sun, which means it is still made of pristine matter from the earliest days of the solar system's formation, its top layers never having been lost by a trip near the sun.
Scientists will point as many ground-based observatories as they can and at least 15 space-based assets towards the comet along the way, in order to learn more about this time capsule from when the solar system first formed.
Even if the comet does not survive, tracking its journey will help scientists understand what the comet is made of, how it reacts to its environment, and what this explains about the origins of the solar system.
Closer to the sun, watching how the comet and its tail interact with the vast solar atmosphere can teach scientists more about the sun itself.
NASA has initiated a Comet ISON Observing Campaign to facilitate a massive global observation campaign incorporating both space-based and ground-based telescopes and encouraging citizen scientists and both professional and amateur astronomers to participate
by Karen C. Fox for Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 18, 2013
A comet's journey through the solar system is perilous and violent. A giant ejection of solar material from the sun could rip its tail off. Before it reaches Mars - at some 230 million miles away from the sun - the radiation of the sun begins to boil its water, the first step toward breaking apart.
And, if it survives all this, the intense radiation and pressure as it flies near the surface of the sun could destroy it altogether.
Right now, Comet ISON is making that journey. It began its trip from the Oort cloud region of our solar system and is now travelling toward the sun.
The comet will reach its closest approach to the sun on Thanksgiving Day - 28 Nov 2013.
skimming just 730,000 miles above the sun's surface.
If it comes around the sun without breaking up, the comet will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere with the naked eye, and from what we see now, ISON is predicted to be a particularly bright and beautiful comet.
Cataloged as C/2012 S1, Comet ISON was first spotted 585 million miles away in September 2012. This is its very first trip around the sun, which means it is still made of pristine matter from the earliest days of the solar system's formation, its top layers never having been lost by a trip near the sun.
Scientists will point as many ground-based observatories as they can and at least 15 space-based assets towards the comet along the way, in order to learn more about this time capsule from when the solar system first formed.
Even if the comet does not survive, tracking its journey will help scientists understand what the comet is made of, how it reacts to its environment, and what this explains about the origins of the solar system.
Closer to the sun, watching how the comet and its tail interact with the vast solar atmosphere can teach scientists more about the sun itself.
NASA has initiated a Comet ISON Observing Campaign to facilitate a massive global observation campaign incorporating both space-based and ground-based telescopes and encouraging citizen scientists and both professional and amateur astronomers to participate
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'Comet of the Century' Already May Have Fizzled Out'
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA —
Astronomers slated to meet this week to discuss observing plans for Comet ISON may not have much to talk about. The so-called “Comet of the Century” may already have fizzled out.
“The future of comet ISON does not look bright,” astronomer Ignacio Ferrin, with the University of Antioquia in Colombia, said in a statement on Monday.
Ferrin's calculations show the comet, which is currently moving toward the sun at 16 miles (26 km) per second, has not brightened since mid-January. That may be because the comet is already out of ice particles in its body, which melt as the comet moves closer to the sun, creating a long, bright tail.
Another theory is that the comet is covered in a layer of silicate dust that snuffs out water vapor and other gasses that brighten the comet.
“Comet ISON has been on a standstill for more than 132 days ... a rather puzzling feat,” Ferrin wrote in a paper submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and posted online at the archival site arXiv.org.
The comet, named ISON for the International Scientific Optical Network that made its discovery, was found in September 2012 by two amateur Russian astronomers.
It is due to pass about 724,000 miles (1.2 million km) from the sun on Nov. 28. The relatively close pass was expected to create a massive tail that some scientists predict will be visible even in daylight.
If it survives, that is. At that distance, the comet would reach temperatures of about 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius) - hot enough to melt lead. It may also be pulled apart by the sun's gravity.
Scientists believe the comet hails from the Oort Cloud, a cluster of icy rocks that circle the sun about 50,000 times farther away than Earth's orbit. Calculations show Comet ISON is making its first - and possibly last - voyage into the inner solar system.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA —
Astronomers slated to meet this week to discuss observing plans for Comet ISON may not have much to talk about. The so-called “Comet of the Century” may already have fizzled out.
“The future of comet ISON does not look bright,” astronomer Ignacio Ferrin, with the University of Antioquia in Colombia, said in a statement on Monday.
Ferrin's calculations show the comet, which is currently moving toward the sun at 16 miles (26 km) per second, has not brightened since mid-January. That may be because the comet is already out of ice particles in its body, which melt as the comet moves closer to the sun, creating a long, bright tail.
Another theory is that the comet is covered in a layer of silicate dust that snuffs out water vapor and other gasses that brighten the comet.
“Comet ISON has been on a standstill for more than 132 days ... a rather puzzling feat,” Ferrin wrote in a paper submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and posted online at the archival site arXiv.org.
The comet, named ISON for the International Scientific Optical Network that made its discovery, was found in September 2012 by two amateur Russian astronomers.
It is due to pass about 724,000 miles (1.2 million km) from the sun on Nov. 28. The relatively close pass was expected to create a massive tail that some scientists predict will be visible even in daylight.
If it survives, that is. At that distance, the comet would reach temperatures of about 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius) - hot enough to melt lead. It may also be pulled apart by the sun's gravity.
Scientists believe the comet hails from the Oort Cloud, a cluster of icy rocks that circle the sun about 50,000 times farther away than Earth's orbit. Calculations show Comet ISON is making its first - and possibly last - voyage into the inner solar system.
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2700 graden celsius, heet genoeg om lood te smelten?
Jeez, 2700 o C is heet genoeg om de meeste zaken te doen smelten, ja zelfs te doen koken
Jeez, 2700 o C is heet genoeg om de meeste zaken te doen smelten, ja zelfs te doen koken
In Baden-Badener Badeseen kann man Baden-Badener baden sehen.
Die hypes ook altijd.
Helderste komeet...
Koudste zomer...
Vrede nabij tussen Israel en Palestina...
Jaaaajaaa
Helderste komeet...
Koudste zomer...
Vrede nabij tussen Israel en Palestina...
Jaaaajaaa
I feel kinda Locrian today
Jij definieert jouw succes aan de hand van het feit dat je gaat trouwen en een kind krijgt, dus jouw mening telt niet.quote:
Die hypes ook altijd.
Helderste komeet...
Koudste zomer...
Vrede nabij tussen Israel en Palestina...
Jaaaajaaa
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