Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Vault
Time Travel Schematics
T.E.C. Time Archive
The Why Files
Have You Seen...?
Chronovisor
TimeTravelForum.tk
TimeTravelForum.net
ParanormalNetwork.net
Paranormalis.com
ConspiracyCafe.net
Streams
Live streams
Featured streams
Multi-Viewer
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
Paranormal Forum
Apocalypse, End Times, Disasters & Survivalism
COMET S1 (ISON)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Loopi" data-source="post: 60376" data-attributes="member: 3152"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 32px"><span style="color: #111111"><span style="color: #ffffff">Comet ISON Will Be Visible During The Day, Discoverers Announce</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">By: Joe Rao </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">Published: 09/26/2012 07:12 AM EDT on SPACE.com</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">A newly discovered comet has the potential to put on a dazzling celestial display late next year, when it will be so bright you may be able to see it briefly in the daytime sky.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">The discovery of the object named Comet ISON was announced Monday (Sept. 24) by Russians Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, who detected it in photographs taken three days earlier using a 15.7-inch (0.4-meter) <a href="http://www.space.com/15693-telescopes-beginners-telescope-reviews-buying-guide.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0086c6"><span style="color: #ffffff">reflecting telescope</span></span></a> of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), near Kislovodsk. The new comet is officially known as C/2012 S1.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">When first sighted, Comet ISON was 625 million miles (1 billion kilometers) from Earth and 584 million miles (939 million km) from the sun, in the dim constellation of Cancer. It was shining at magnitude 18.8 on the reverse scale used by astronomers to measure the brightness of sky objects (the lower the number, the brighter the object). That makes the comet currently about 100,000 times fainter than the dimmest star that can be seen with the unaided eye.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff"><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/788790/original.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">This image shows the newfound comet C/2012 (ISON) as seen by the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy. The image, taken by amateur astronomers Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero and Nick Howes, is a confirmation view of the comet.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">But at its perihelion (its closest point to the sun), due on Nov. 28, 2013, the <a href="http://www.space.com/53-comets-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0086c6"><span style="color: #ffffff">comet</span></span></a> will come within 800,000 miles (1.2 million km) of the sun’s surface and could evolve into a dazzling object ? possibly bright enough to be visible for a short time in broad daylight. [<a href="http://www.space.com/15114-photos-comets-amazing-images.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0086c6"><span style="color: #ffffff">Spectacular Comet Photos (Gallery)</span></span></a>]</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="color: #333333"><span style="color: #ffffff">The most exciting aspect of this new comet concerns its preliminary orbit, which bears a striking resemblance to that of the “Great Comet of 1680.” That comet put on a dazzling show; it was glimpsed in daylight and later, as it moved away from the sun, it threw off a brilliantly long tail that stretched up from the western twilight sky after sunset like a narrow searchlight beam for some 70 degrees of arc. (A person's clenched fist, held at arm’s length, covers roughly 10 degrees of sky.) </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">This NASA graphic shows the orbit and current position of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). The comet is at present located at 6.25 AU from the sun, with 1 AU being the distance from Earth to the sun. Image released Sept. 24, 2012.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The fact that the orbits are so similar seems to suggest Comet ISON and the Great Comet of 1680 could related or perhaps even the same object.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Comet ISON will be barely visible to the unaided eye when it is in the predawn <a href="http://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0086c6"><span style="color: #ffffff">night sky</span></span></a>, positioned against the stars of Leo in October 2013.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"> On Oct. 16 it will be passing very near both Mars and the bright star Regulus — both can be used as benchmarks to sighting the comet. In November, it could be as bright as third-magnitude when it passes very close to the bright first-magnitude star Spica in Virgo. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The few days surrounding the comet’s closest approach to the sun on Nov. 28, 2013, are likely to be most interesting. It will whirl rapidly around the sun in a hairpin-like curve and perhaps becomes a dazzlingly bright (negative-magnitude) object.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">The comet will then whirl north after perihelion and become visible during December both in the evening sky after sunset and in the morning sky before sunrise. Just how bright it will be and how long the tail may get during this time frame is anybody’s guess, but there is hope that it could evolve into a memorable celestial showpiece.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">And in case you haven’t checked your 2013 calendar, Nov. 28 is already a special day for those living in the United States: It is the Thanksgiving Day holiday.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">Which leads to the question: Will Comet ISON be a dazzler, or a turkey?</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff"><em>Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York.</em></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/comet-ison-visible_n_1915544.html" target="_blank">Comet ISON Will Be Visible During The Day, Discoverers Announce</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loopi, post: 60376, member: 3152"] [SIZE=6][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=32px][COLOR=#111111][COLOR=#ffffff]Comet ISON Will Be Visible During The Day, Discoverers Announce[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]By: Joe Rao [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Published: 09/26/2012 07:12 AM EDT on SPACE.com[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]A newly discovered comet has the potential to put on a dazzling celestial display late next year, when it will be so bright you may be able to see it briefly in the daytime sky.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]The discovery of the object named Comet ISON was announced Monday (Sept. 24) by Russians Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok, who detected it in photographs taken three days earlier using a 15.7-inch (0.4-meter) [URL='http://www.space.com/15693-telescopes-beginners-telescope-reviews-buying-guide.html'][COLOR=#0086c6][COLOR=#ffffff]reflecting telescope[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON), near Kislovodsk. The new comet is officially known as C/2012 S1.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]When first sighted, Comet ISON was 625 million miles (1 billion kilometers) from Earth and 584 million miles (939 million km) from the sun, in the dim constellation of Cancer. It was shining at magnitude 18.8 on the reverse scale used by astronomers to measure the brightness of sky objects (the lower the number, the brighter the object). That makes the comet currently about 100,000 times fainter than the dimmest star that can be seen with the unaided eye.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff][IMG]http://i.huffpost.com/gen/788790/original.jpg[/IMG][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]This image shows the newfound comet C/2012 (ISON) as seen by the Remanzacco Observatory in Italy. The image, taken by amateur astronomers Ernesto Guido, Giovanni Sostero and Nick Howes, is a confirmation view of the comet.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]But at its perihelion (its closest point to the sun), due on Nov. 28, 2013, the [URL='http://www.space.com/53-comets-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html'][COLOR=#0086c6][COLOR=#ffffff]comet[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL] will come within 800,000 miles (1.2 million km) of the sun’s surface and could evolve into a dazzling object ? possibly bright enough to be visible for a short time in broad daylight. [[URL='http://www.space.com/15114-photos-comets-amazing-images.html'][COLOR=#0086c6][COLOR=#ffffff]Spectacular Comet Photos (Gallery)[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL]][/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333][COLOR=#ffffff]The most exciting aspect of this new comet concerns its preliminary orbit, which bears a striking resemblance to that of the “Great Comet of 1680.” That comet put on a dazzling show; it was glimpsed in daylight and later, as it moved away from the sun, it threw off a brilliantly long tail that stretched up from the western twilight sky after sunset like a narrow searchlight beam for some 70 degrees of arc. (A person's clenched fist, held at arm’s length, covers roughly 10 degrees of sky.) [/COLOR][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#333333] [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#ffffff]This NASA graphic shows the orbit and current position of comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). The comet is at present located at 6.25 AU from the sun, with 1 AU being the distance from Earth to the sun. Image released Sept. 24, 2012.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The fact that the orbits are so similar seems to suggest Comet ISON and the Great Comet of 1680 could related or perhaps even the same object.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Comet ISON will be barely visible to the unaided eye when it is in the predawn [URL='http://www.space.com/16149-night-sky.html'][COLOR=#0086c6][COLOR=#ffffff]night sky[/COLOR][/COLOR][/URL], positioned against the stars of Leo in October 2013.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff] On Oct. 16 it will be passing very near both Mars and the bright star Regulus — both can be used as benchmarks to sighting the comet. In November, it could be as bright as third-magnitude when it passes very close to the bright first-magnitude star Spica in Virgo. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The few days surrounding the comet’s closest approach to the sun on Nov. 28, 2013, are likely to be most interesting. It will whirl rapidly around the sun in a hairpin-like curve and perhaps becomes a dazzlingly bright (negative-magnitude) object.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]The comet will then whirl north after perihelion and become visible during December both in the evening sky after sunset and in the morning sky before sunrise. Just how bright it will be and how long the tail may get during this time frame is anybody’s guess, but there is hope that it could evolve into a memorable celestial showpiece.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]And in case you haven’t checked your 2013 calendar, Nov. 28 is already a special day for those living in the United States: It is the Thanksgiving Day holiday.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff]Which leads to the question: Will Comet ISON be a dazzler, or a turkey?[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffffff][I]Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York.[/I][/COLOR] [url="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/comet-ison-visible_n_1915544.html"]Comet ISON Will Be Visible During The Day, Discoverers Announce[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Paranormal Forum
Apocalypse, End Times, Disasters & Survivalism
COMET S1 (ISON)
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top