Comet of the Century

[SebC]

“We are going to go to town on it.”

There's liking astronomy, and then there's lovin' astronomy.

[polak]

So that estimated rendering of what it will look like after it loops around the sun is now void. How good of a look are we going to get now?

[Puppet Guy]

pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease...

[Diemenz]

its said the comet always proceeds them.

[CaptainCrunch]

What if it slows down?

Should I poop my pants then?

[Delthefunky]

Here it comes!

http://www.universetoday.com/106404/...oward-the-sun/

[cancer man]

May 24th will be the meteor shower caused by the comet.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by cancer man

May 24th will be the meteor shower caused by the comet.

Huh?

Can't see how a comet could cause a meteor shower.

[Yasa]

They need to wash off all that space dust after travelling for so long.

[Oling_Roachinen]

Originally Posted by T@T

Huh?

Can't see how a comet could cause a meteor shower.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...173316061.html

http://www.space.com/18149-new-meteo...eor-storm.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower

A meteor shower is the result of an interaction between a planet, such as Earth, and streams of debris from a comet. Comets can produce debris by water vapor drag, as demonstrated by Fred Whipple in 1951,[2] and by breakup.

However, the possible May 24th shower is due to comet 209P. ISON is the one being discussed in this thread.

[FunkMasterFlame]

Wow, we are already have so many amazing photos coming in, and it hasn't even reached its peak brightness yet!

Spoiler!

[CaptainCrunch]

yeah none of you are getting access to my bomb shelter.

[T@T]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

yeah none of you are getting access to my bomb shelter.

Mines probably better..I have sat TV and beer!

[Bigtime]

Wow it's a beauty:

Spoiler!

[You Need a Thneed]

[Nyah]

Well, today's the day that Ison will 'whip' around the sun (around 11:45 our time). Thoughts? Will it survive? Will it light up the sky after it's blown to pieces?



http://www.cometison.org/2013/11/27/...p-27-nov-2013/

http://www.universetoday.com/106710/...y-novenber-28/

[Thor]

Talked to an astro physicist friend of mine, he said its very promising now.

[Nyah]

Promising that it'll make it around in one piece? That's what I'm hoping for, from what I've read if Ison survives it's pass around the sun, we'll have a pretty spectacular view of it from Earth.

[Thor]

Yeah he said at this point its likely to make it without a scratch.

[Daradon]

On CBC they were talking about a telescope that is specifically aimed at the sun for other research that will be broadcasting the comet as it passes by/gets destroyed, but I missed the URL. Does anyone here know?