Tag: ison
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Comet #ISON Is Really Done For
from guardianlv.com: Comet ISON appears really done for this time. It was first reported to have been destroyed when it passed by the sun. That information was apparently to some degree exaggerated, but it appears this time that the comet’s demise is the real thing. Fragments of the object which had been called the “comet…
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Comet ISON Sighting Possible on Thanksgiving
from science.time.com: The jury is still out on whether stargazers will be able to spot the “comet of the century” on Thanksgiving night. On Monday, scientists observed a decreased light emission from the ISON comet, as it is officially called, which could mean that the icy lump of gravel and rocks has broken apart on…
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Comet ISON: Will the Government Shutdown Ruin NASA’s Big Chance?
from policymic.com: On October 1, the comet ISON will pass near Mars, where monitoring equipment can gain more information on what could be the comet of the century. As long as the coincidental government shutdown causing the furlough of nearly the entire workforce of NASA doesn’t interrupt these observations, that is.
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Icarus Comet ISON Pix
Hubble Space Telescope captured images on April 10 of Comet ISON. ISON, is classified, an Icarus or Sungrazing Comet because of its close distance at perihelion to the Sun. On November 28th, ISON will be 700,000 miles from the Sun. The April 10th image taken as ISON hurtled towards inner solar system just within orbit…
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ScienceCasts: Comet of the Century
NASA Science informa- tive four minute video, considers prospects for light show in November by Comet ISON as it nears Sun. “Astronomers are keeping a close eye on a newly-discovered Comet ISON, which could become visible in broad daylight later this year when it skims through the atmosphere of the sun,” informs You Tube caption. …
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2013: Year Of The Great Comets
Stargazers looking ahead, may experience, year of the great comets in 2013. Two Russian Astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichono discovered Comet Ison on September 21, 2011. Writer David Whitehouse previews more recently what sky watchers can expect in “‘Brighter than a full moon’: The biggest star of 2013… could be Ison – the comet…