Any ISON updates?

[David Galvin]

Latest images showing something has survived, fragments + tail. Still worth monitoring.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

A real shame, but this was always a possibility. If this is the last of ISON, and it's looking very likely, I'll remember it by the Damian Peach image.

[pixelsaurus]

It would appear that Ison is toast

http://news.yahoo.com/no-sign-comet-pass-around-sun-scientists-203418044.html

[DrRobin]

All reports indicate Ison didn't survive. Time to cancel those early morning sessions and that new frac I had my eye on. Oh well wait until the next one I suppose.

Robin

[Luke]

I wonder if Mr Peach's awesome image will win an astro photographer of the year award.

[faulksy]

space weather email says ison died, r.i.p. mr comet

[Astrobits]

Check latest LascoC2 images. Something has come out from perihelion. Wll just have to wait and see how bright it becomes.

Nigel

[Stu]

One thing confusing me is that I understood comet tails should point away from the sun, but ISON's is clearly just trailing behind. What am I missing?

Hope there is enough of it left to see something at least, been great fun watching it happen.

Stu

[Spec-Chum]

Looks alive to me

[Spec-Chum]

One thing confusing me is that I understood comet tails should point away from the sun, but ISON's is clearly just trailing behind. What am I missing?

[Astroblagger]

Ison is dead according to the bbc destroyed by the sun, so much for that then!

[laser_jock99]

Shame.

[robbie c]

[David Galvin]

One thing confusing me is that I understood comet tails should point away from the sun, but ISON's is clearly just trailing behind. What am I missing?

Hope there is enough of it left to see something at least, been great fun watching it happen.

Stu

The nucleus has gone and we are seeing the reminents of cometary debris that are continuing in orbit.

[Spec-Chum]

Oh

[KJ Dalley]

There's a whole load of data here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q03I1B_yrPg#t=4858

Dare I say it but Google+  can actually be quite useful at times!

[Pat Dunne]

Something has definitely emerged

http://soho.esac.esa.int/data/realtime/c2/512/

http://soho.esac.esa.int/data/realtime/c3/512/

[DeepThought]

There's a whole load of data here:

Dare I say it but Google+ can actually be quite useful at times!

The comments on that video are a real treat.

I don't know whether to find the level of ignorance entertaining or terrifying.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

To misquote Mark Twain - "Rumours of my death were slightly exaggerated." I guess we can forget about the possibility of a naked-eye comet but I hope there is enough left to provide the imagers with a target.

The post-mortem will be interesting, it looks like it broke up before reaching perihelion. I wonder what the explanation is for the lazarus fragment?

The comments on that video are a real treat.

I don't know whether to find the level of ignorance entertaining or terrifying.

I've been making a conscious effort to ignore the comments sections on the various ISON articles. There is nothing wrong with ignorance, it's our default position, the number of things I'm ignorant of... well I'm ignorant of that too. But when people have absolutely no idea of their level of ignorance it all gets a bit painful.

[tenbyfifty]

i suppose sun grazing comets quite literally  only

have a snowball's chance in hell. Let's hope the next one fares better.

[Steve Ward]

The view from the other side clearly shows the tail swinging into view , he's still there ... 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X08ZR1x3BwE&feature=youtu.be

[Deep]

If the comet is survive , how can I get to c it  ? 

Any direction or guide for me to find it at Malaysia , George Town ? 

[Steve Ward]

It is hoped that it will be visible from about the 3rd / 4th December , just before sunrise again .

Here's a screenshot from Stellarium showing it's position from your location ( If you do not have it I would highly recommend downloading Stellarium ... http://www.stellarium.org/ )

[Deep]

It is hoped that it will be visible from about the 3rd / 4th December , just before sunrise again .

Here's a screenshot from Stellarium showing it's position from your location ( If you do not have it I would highly recommend downloading Stellarium ... http://www.stellarium.org/ )

stellarium-000.png

Thank you so much bro ! 

[Daniel-K]

http://spaceweather.com/images2013/28nov13/rip_anim5.gif?PHPSESSID=n8tm3uo5qrg8t7nknr65561bh2

Look at this