Comet ISON is history now! Sadly, ISON didn't survive the Perihelion on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28th).
Please refer my previous post about ISON here .
Just like thousands of people, I was disappointed by the demise of Comet ISON. Comets are remnants of the Solar System's formation that happened 4.5 billion years ago. This is believed to be ISON's first visit to the Sun and also happened to be the last. ISON went too close to the Sun and has been smoked by our star.
In recent history, ISON has been the most observed comet. It generated a lot of interest among the scientific and amateur astronomy communities. On the day ISON was flying around the Sun (Nov. 28, Perihelion), I was watching the updates on Twitter. NASA had organized a Google+ hangout for ISON updates and around 32,000 interested folks participated from all over the world.
NASA had directed 2 of its Sun studying satellites SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) to track ISON's journey around the Sun. The following Photo and Video are possible because of these 2 satellites.
"Not-to-be-missed", time-lapse video of ISON going around the Sun. Watch it in "full screen" mode.
I am turning my attention to the next Comet coming up - Comet Lovejoy!!! They don't name comets just like they do for the storms :) Terry LoveJoy, an Amateur Astronomer from Australia discovered this comet and so it has been named after him.
As I always say, on every night, the Universe is putting on an excellent show. All you have to do is look up and enjoy :)
Please refer my previous post about ISON here .
Just like thousands of people, I was disappointed by the demise of Comet ISON. Comets are remnants of the Solar System's formation that happened 4.5 billion years ago. This is believed to be ISON's first visit to the Sun and also happened to be the last. ISON went too close to the Sun and has been smoked by our star.
In recent history, ISON has been the most observed comet. It generated a lot of interest among the scientific and amateur astronomy communities. On the day ISON was flying around the Sun (Nov. 28, Perihelion), I was watching the updates on Twitter. NASA had organized a Google+ hangout for ISON updates and around 32,000 interested folks participated from all over the world.
NASA had directed 2 of its Sun studying satellites SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) and SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) to track ISON's journey around the Sun. The following Photo and Video are possible because of these 2 satellites.
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| Courtesy: spaceweathergallery.com The yellow circle shows the remnants of ISON. |
"Not-to-be-missed", time-lapse video of ISON going around the Sun. Watch it in "full screen" mode.
I am turning my attention to the next Comet coming up - Comet Lovejoy!!! They don't name comets just like they do for the storms :) Terry LoveJoy, an Amateur Astronomer from Australia discovered this comet and so it has been named after him.
As I always say, on every night, the Universe is putting on an excellent show. All you have to do is look up and enjoy :)
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