Saturday, November 30, 2013
Comet C/2012 S1 ISON Keeps On Keeping On (29 November UT)
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| Comet C/2012 S1 ISON seen in the SOHO LASCO C3 instrument from 12:30 UT 29 November.It is 0.107AU from the Sun by the end. | C/2011 W3 Lovejoy in SOHO C3 (16 December 2011 UT). Lovejoy is 0.08 AU from the Sun here. Image credit NASA/SOHO |
Comet ISON keeps on going, despite several news reports suggesting its demise, the comet still looks more or less comet like over 24 hours from perihelion (for views of what it looked like then see here, and its subsequent return here and here). For comparison I show the other great survivor, comet C/2011 W3 Lovejoy.
Lovejoy was brighter, and continued to brighten developing a spectacular tail before its ultimate demise. ISON is fading slowly, although what is probably the synchronic tail is developing nicely.
It is still too early to write ISON off yet, but it is also still too early to determine if we can see it in the skies in the next few days.
A nice ABC article immediately post perihelion, which quotes me, is here.
Labels: C/2012 S1 ISON, comet lovejoy, Soho
# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 11:00 am 
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