Sunday, March 18, 2012
Comet C/2012 E2 (SWAN) Dives into the Sun in STEREO
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiC1bjfN0vtnhSNzHBvKm8vEyyDbfPpTFYRobcmXwDuHiFZKh0dTmYxDpHg_VZEoVbSiZP4f5x9yYc3V1mmR8tBAlEIOvyoQjwYdTbA59Q19TpZPt5V5DTQdFqVgT6cn2_hsBA/s320/Result+of+14-03-2012_COR2A.png)
The Beacon images I posted earlier were from the behind spacecraft, but the high resolution fits from the behind spacecraft have not been posted yet.
I made an animation, see below. Comet Al has a nice multiframe image.
Animation of comet C/2012 SWAN sundiving in the COR2A instrument of STEREO.
Labels: comet, Kreutz, Stereo Satellite, sungrazer