The bright comet currently visible in realtime SOHO images would have to be the brightest Kreutz comet yet seen by the SOHO mission. Look at this image for...
I agree that the probable magnitude is in the order of 0 to -1 (assuming the camera's bandpass can be equated to something like visual). However, what strikes...
many thanks at all :-))) reagrds Rolando ... From: "Leonid Elenin" <l.elenin@...> To: <comets-ml@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 9:26...
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Wow that's a nice tail. I think I might have to give this image (and hopefully a few others) a run through Astrometry.net. ... -- Yudish Ramanjooloo PhD....
On August 11, I mentioned the possibility of a close approach of P/2011 P1 to Jupiter last December. Additional astrometry to September 24 has confirmed this...
... Well within the Roche limit of Jupiter. I guess it is a good idea to closely monitor this comet for possible secondary fragments distributed along the...
Wow! Hat somebody a calculation of it's orbit after the approach? . The acceleration caused by the enorm mass of Jupiter transform this comet in one bullet,...
Carlos, the published orbit *is* post-encounter. A "bullet" comet is generally not expected and not observed here. What happens during a planetary encounter...
Hello all, now looking at the latest C2 and C3 images: http://lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil/javagif/gifs/ we have a nice CME developing around 21:30UT on Oct 1, Could...
... "The CME will almost certainly be a coincidence, not related" http://twitter.com/#!/SungrazerComets/status/120272236056821760 With there currently being up...
Here are the orbits before and after the 2010 encounter with Jupiter: Today: 2011-10-02 -- a=7.74 AU, e=0.36, q=4.95 AU, i=6 degrees One year before closest...
Indeed, CME are quite common and current theory certainly suggests that there cannot possibly be any direct connection between such a solar event and a...
John and friends, Very interesting points to reflect on. I just went through the more detailed C2 coronagraph images and you can see a slow but progressive ...
Hi All Here you can see our confirmation image and a short animation of new comet C/2011 S2 (KOWALSKI): http://bit.ly/oibBZD As noted on both the discovery...
This comet is currently unnamed. See the CBET and the body of the MPEC. The inclusion of a name in the index entry (and mail subject) was an error. Gareth...
Thanks all, and sorry for my ignorance (like said Borges). I'm only an amateur but I read & study with pleasure all the astronomy information, over all about...
... Thanks Gareth, I'll correct it on the blog. I saw that there was no name on the Cbet, but as soon as the mpec was issued, in the index the title was "COMET...
Comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux This has been widely regarded as a "transition" object between an active comet and an inert (or "extinct") object indistinguishable from...
Gracious greetings to all, Much gratitude for all your great Works Sir and for and all the awesome works of the group here too. One wonders, has 2009 TM8 been...
Hi All, ... I quite agree, and I do begin to wonder how many more times it has to happen before solar physicists can no longer call it "coincidence" with a...
Hi Rob, Interesting thoughts on this. Does anyone know how much of a comet's tail is ionized or able to conduct electricity as it were versus dust and neutral...
