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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: Starstruck
yep and those with knowledge one by one are starting to accept it too...
That said this opens up the conversation onto what it’s actually made of....lol
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posted on
11/28/2013 5:43:27 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
yep and those with knowledge one by one are starting to accept it too...That baby does not appear to be dead. It looks like it is trying to get back to the same brightness as it had entering the Sun's orbit.
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posted on
11/28/2013 5:51:56 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck; Errant; The Cajun; machogirl
I posted this on the thread going on....but it is the most interesting part of toay.
This is the most interesting part of this....SDO did not see the comet as it went through it perihelion...
It emerged and is doing okay....now the question is this; The SDO imaging is based on capturing and recognizing oxygen reactions. So if ISON is made of ice why did it not see it?
That is the question of the day if indeed the latest images confirm ISON survived.
83
posted on
11/28/2013 5:54:58 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
If the SOHO images are not correct then I’m an idiot for looking at them as a basis for my optimism.
84
posted on
11/28/2013 6:01:37 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck
Yep the SOHO is fine...it’s just had a moment or two of diminished light factors...I would think given all the evidence the comet never died...we just could not detect it.
85
posted on
11/28/2013 6:02:54 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
because it’s aimed right at us....
86
posted on
11/28/2013 6:02:58 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: Starstruck
87
posted on
11/28/2013 6:06:57 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Cvengr
because it’s aimed right at us....Wormwood?
88
posted on
11/28/2013 6:08:44 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: winoneforthegipper
It looks like a wee bit survived. But what do I know? Nothing much.
thanks for the ping!
89
posted on
11/28/2013 6:18:06 PM PST
by
machogirl
(First they came for my tagline)
To: Starstruck; The Cajun; Errant
chitter chatter.of those in the know....ISON is solid rock....not ice.
90
posted on
11/28/2013 6:18:16 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
From Spaceweather.com:
CANCEL THE EULOGY ... FOR NOW: Comet ISON flew through the sun's atmosphere on Nov. 28th and the encounter did not go well for the icy comet. Just before perihelion (closest approach to the sun) the comet rapidly faded and appeared to disintegrate. This prompted reports of ISON's demise. However, a fraction of the comet might have survived.
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posted on
11/28/2013 6:19:19 PM PST
by
Errant
To: machogirl
We have to pay attention now....the thinking on the street of knowledge is this comet is not made of ice....most likely solid rock maybe even Iron ORe.
92
posted on
11/28/2013 6:19:21 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Errant; The Cajun; machogirl
Nah they got it all wrong...if this was ICE indeed SDO would have captured it. The only reason they announced it died or was vaporized was because the SDO did not capture it...
It did not only because it couldn’t .....lol
93
posted on
11/28/2013 6:21:22 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: winoneforthegipper
It is most certainly one of the strangest comets.
94
posted on
11/28/2013 6:24:34 PM PST
by
Errant
To: winoneforthegipper
I have always thought these babies were more likely to be rock than ice.
95
posted on
11/28/2013 6:25:41 PM PST
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: Starstruck
Well if it came from the Oort cloud normally they are .....maybe this thing had a different origin?
96
posted on
11/28/2013 6:27:51 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Errant
yep this comet has had everyone guessing now ever since it was found....lol
97
posted on
11/28/2013 6:28:30 PM PST
by
winoneforthegipper
("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
To: Starstruck; Errant; The Cajun; machogirl
98
posted on
11/28/2013 6:33:02 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; machogirl
Guess you could have a heavily ice covered (not necessarily water ice) solid rock/iron/metal asteroid playing like a comet.
Didn't come from where comets normally originate from anyway.
99
posted on
11/28/2013 6:36:35 PM PST
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert......Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
I am monitoring all the big names in the astro world and they are like freaking out....lol
100
posted on
11/28/2013 6:37:53 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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