C/2012 S1 (ison) Could Be The Brightest Comet Ever Seen By Mankind

[Jax]

There may still be HOPE!!! Rumours afoot that whatever has survived seems to be getting brighter

the Sun?

[Jax]

Comet Ison 'destroyed in Sun pass'

 

 

Comet Ison seems to have been destroyed in its encounter with the Sun.

Telescopes saw the giant ball of ice and dust disappear behind the star, but then fail to emerge as expected.

Astronomers continue to search for the object, but it is almost certain the much vaunted "Comet of the Century" has gone out with a whimper.

Despite its great size, Ison was probably torn apart in the immense heat and tidal forces so close to the Sun.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25143861

[Flipflop]

Its going to go all the way round and head back towards us with blazing guns-lazer-things and zap the sheep out of us for being so nosey....turn the lights off.

 

Been an interesting ride folks.

[Flipflop]

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c2/1024/latest.jpg

[Boro Snow]

Right ok i know some of Ison has gone but clearly something with a mass has survived to maintain its orbit FACT

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c2/1024/latest.jpg

Thank you thats what i have been talking about and showing 

[Flipflop]

My link above from SOLARHAM did show it continuing but much smaller than before...so!

 

grabbed it....

 

 

[Boro Snow]

CONFIRMED WATCH THIS VIDEO ISON SURVIVED 

 

http://twitpic.com/dmxc0i

[I Cumbria Marra I]

ITS SURVIVED!!!!...........about 1/15th has anyway

[I Cumbria Marra I]

BREAKING NEWS! ISON IS HEADING FOR EARTH...................OMG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL CHANGE PANTY TIME

[carl1980]

Just heard its not survived and its just dust we are seeing

[lorenzo]

Gutted ISON didn't survive, would have been a great show during December, wonder how big a Sun Grazer has to be to survive an 800,000 km/h Perihelion??

[Flipflop]

Like to think its still with us but in bits and them bits are starting to release gases and what we are seeing is its last good byes?

 

Edited November 28, 2013 by Raptor Raw

[Mokidugway]

Comet Igone !!......

[Steve C]

Wasn't one in about 1860 thought to have been much closer at perihelion and managed to at least partially survive?

[Boro Snow]

Like to think its still with us but in bits and them bits are starting to release gases and what we are seeing is its last good byes!

yes i agree looking at what the scientists are now saying, no nucleus 

Edited November 28, 2013 by Boro Snow

[cheese]

No comet will be able to live up to Hale-Bopp anyway, so I suppose it's for the best.

[Bobby]

European Space Agency: "Our #SOHO scientists have confirmed, comet #IISON is gone , thanks for sharing this comet-watching night with us"

 

Looks like all that remains is a diffuse tail of dust and gas from the ex-comet. RIP Comet ISON.

 

[Weather-history]

No comet will be able to live up to Hale-Bopp anyway, so I suppose it's for the best.

That was a special comet, a large nucleus for a comet and it was the longest period of time for a comet seen with the naked eye. Something like 18 months.It just didn't feel this Comet ISON was going to special to me.

[mike Meehan]

It was misnamed - it should have been called Icarus.

Edit - I wonder if something like this was the cause of the legend in the first place.

Edited November 28, 2013 by mike Meehan

[Steve C]

It was misnamed - it should have been called Icarus.

Edit - I wonder if something like this was the cause of the legend in the first place.

Probably more like an ancient version of one of those people who leap of piers, dressed as birds and planes etc., but probably from a high cliff. Edited November 28, 2013 by Steve C

[Steve C]

That was a special comet, a large nucleus for a comet and it was the longest period of time for a comet seen with the naked eye. Something like 18 months.

It just didn't feel this Comet ISON was going to special to me.

Hale-Bopp didn't go very close to the Sun, with a perihelion of something like 90% of the Earth-Sun distance. It is thought to have a chance of becoming a 'sun-grazer' in the distant future. What a sight that would likely be! Edited November 28, 2013 by Steve C

[Polarlow]

Ison still alive ?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN9O83uR9n4

[lorenzo]

Comet Phoenix......???

[AderynCoch]

RIP Ison. Has Kohoutek lost its crown of disappointment?

[lorenzo]

NASA tweeting that fate of ISON not yet established.

 

What ? Did it defy Physics pop down to the surface of the sun for a bit, before carrying on it's wonky trajectory.

 

Interesting C3 imagery coming out now.

 

 

C2 from similar timeframe

 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2013 by lorenzo