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WATCH LIVE TODAY @ 1 pm ET: Comet ISON Buzzes the Sun, SpaceX Rocket Launch
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| 28 November, 2013
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Posted on 11/28/2013 8:24:35 AM PST by Errant
NASA will hold a live Google+ hangout on Thursday (Nov. 28) to webcast the solar passage of Comet ISON as it whips around the sun. The webcast will begin at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT) and last until 3:30 p.m. EST (2030 GMT). You will be able to watch the webcast live in the window below at the start time. LATEST STORY: Comet ISON Makes Thanksgiving Day Sun Flyby Today: Watch It Live Online
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; comet; cometison; greencomet; ison; science; space; sun
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To: The Cajun
Yeah it must have slowed tremendously but that was expected. There was a magnetic pulse that masked it in imaging.
Still a majority of scientists are saying this is just more or less a ghost but I say bull for it’s maintained it’s trajectory and brightened as it was supposed to.
I say it’s intact and lookin sexy!
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:01:46 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: The Cajun; Errant
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:03:50 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper; The Cajun
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:04:09 PM PST
by
Errant
To: winoneforthegipper
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:05:02 PM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
Yeah watching this morning there was one scientist that suggested that the magnetic flare to the right of that pictured screwed with the imaging because it automatically would reduce brightness in order to view a flare like that...leaving the comet to appear like it was being demolished.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:07:04 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
Spaceweather.com saying:
"COMET ISON--UPDATE: New images from SOHO show something emerging from behind the sun. It could be a small fragment of Comet ISON's nucleus or perhaps a "headless comet"--a stream of debris marking the remains of the comet's disintegrated core."
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:08:32 PM PST
by
Errant
To: winoneforthegipper
There was definitely brightening, maybe the space weather folks got it wrong.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:09:42 PM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
Well the last image on that like certainly shows it’s more than debris. I had it at 50 percent mass survival since October...I think we are right there.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:10:01 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
Yeah, from that image link you posted, it appears the orbit track may be wider than the original?
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:12:31 PM PST
by
Errant
To: winoneforthegipper; Errant
Looks a little anemic to me, another few hours and we'll see.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:16:51 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:19:10 PM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
Heading for Boston? Washington? San Francisco?
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:20:22 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: who knows what evil?
Lol, we’ll have to wait for more data. Don’t forget that we also pass through the tail in January.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:22:29 PM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
Don’t forget that we also pass through the tail in January. I'm clear on that...could be interesting.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:24:10 PM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: who knows what evil?
Yep, especially after considering the number of head on flares ISON encountered. Could be much more of a debris/dust trail than usual.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:25:53 PM PST
by
Errant
To: Errant
Tell you one thing, the tail really widened out in the last few frames, either a bunch of debris or it’s reorienting as it moves away from the sun.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:31:56 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: Errant
My two cents is the Sun didn’t get it. I’m just looking at the trajectory and basing my opinion on that.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:37:00 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: The Cajun; Errant
Remember it’s still be muted by that big magnetic storm so I would suggest ISON is huge and very very bright!
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:38:47 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper; Errant
We'll see comet guy, LOL!
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:41:19 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun; Errant
Also compare the debris field of it’s tail....that’s about a quarter to half the sun’s diameter....that’s huge and when we pass through it on the 27th things should become really interesting...
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:42:36 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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