Comet ISON update!

[DaveGarland]

ISON????

http://stargazerslounge.com/gallery/image/20831-ison/

Upper left?

[astronymonkey]

[IanL]

It may be too early to call.  All of these images go through an automated processing pipeline that won't be optimised to bring out the comet.  The fading might be genuine or equally it could just be an artefact of the processing.  Personally I'm going to wait a few more hours until it comes out the other side before giving up hope.

[Laurie61]

Yep, something there . That must have been closest approach 

[Special K]

Wow!!! Wonder if that's it?!! (Spot the amateur!).

[stevetynant]

stream is realy bad now constantly stuttering

Gutted

[gpt]

So is there evidence its gone and not made it? Or have we simply lost sight of it?

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[MKHACHFE]

I cant see how this is it if the live distance website is correct. it only left perihelion less than 30 mins ago, would it really be out on the other side already? Of course, i am a total amateur so might be talking complete Rubbish.

[Beulah]

The anchor on the NASA live feed is  not acknowledging the 'comet structure' in 17:12:24  - they probably think it is an artefact.

[jabeoo1]

Don't look good does it ? 

[mjpfc]

They were saying that they think nthe Nucleus was not structurably able to take the close approach and possibly evaporated

as it neared Perihelion.  The guy said that he should be able to gey data if it were still there as only a lump of Iron would stop

outgassing and that even this would give off molecules in the environment it is in.

It look like not being able to see anything in their data is enough for them to say there is mothing left ?

Mick

[lukebl]

I cant see how this is it if the live distance website is correct. it only left perihelion less than 30 mins ago, would it really be out on the other side already? Of course, i am a total amateur so might be talking complete Rubbish.

Travelling at 800,000 mph, yes it would be round the other side. Unfortunately it looks as though it didn't make it.

[IanL]

I cant see how this is it if the live distance website is correct. it only left perihelion less than 30 mins ago, would it really be out on the other side already? Of course, i am a total amateur so might be talking complete Rubbish.

It is not going behind the Sun from our point of view, unlike Lovejoy.  It should be visible all the way round.

[stevetynant]

Wow Hale Bopp was 30 km across I never knew that

[Beulah]

Wow Hale Bopp was 30 km across I never knew that

What a stunner that was.  

[Steve Ward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sdV_DXSrU&list=RDYAAzRhj4x1E ...         

[Nogbad]

That was  a bit of a let down I was looking forward to seeing that.

[Davey-T]

ISON????

http://stargazerslounge.com/gallery/image/20831-ison/

Looks like a lemon, just about sums it up .

Dave

[paul mc c]

And to cap my day off....my new eyepieces supposed to arrive today and that didnt happen either .

[andrew63]

Just had monthly email from telescope house the title - Comet Ison and December newsletter! andrew

[Beulah]

One thing that has been absolutely incredible with ISON is the sense of the online community and that we could look at the data live at the same time as our professional peers.

Sad ending, but it's been fun.

[JB80]

I'm pretty sure this is my fault.

I never did get around to getting a look at it and figured I'd wait.

Sorry guys.

[Rustysplit]

gotta agree with Beulah, tech is great these days. Imagine if Herschel, Galileo, Brahe and the rest would have done with what we have today?

[Lee M]

Just had monthly email from telescope house the title - Comet Ison and December newsletter! Andrew

Well, at least the newsletter will still be there in December

[Laurie61]

Exciting last few hours.