Comet Ison Made It Around The Sun [updated pictures and video here]

[G_j]

http://breakingthenewstoday.blogspot.com/2013/11/11-28-13-comet-ison-made-it-around-sun.html?m=1

[morningfog]

1. I can't watch to videos now, but see the image. My question,

since it survived, is it still large enough so that it will be visible with the naked eye next month?

Some reports had it surviving, but much smaller. One of the exciting things about this ones was that we would be able to observe it directly.

[Berlum]

2. Bring it !

[Octafish]

3. Thing passed 730,000 miles from sun's surface...

...less than 3 times the distance of the earth to the moon.

Must've gotten mighty hot around the collar.

[G_j]

4. that is

truly amazing!

[Octafish]

6. The view out the porthole if we had a spacecraft with outstanding refrigeration...

...back of the envelope: From earth, 93 million miles away, sun's apparent diameter in the sky is about 1/2 degree of arc. So, from 1,000,000 miles out, it'd be about 45+ degrees -- perhaps even 25-percent greater (55 degrees or so) for the orbit Ison passed through at 730,000 miles. Translated into human terms, stand with arms outstretched to form a right angle (an "L" shape) and cut angle down by about half.

Now imagine, with that V-shape, holding a ball about the size of a large beach ball or medicine ball made of hydrogen fusing into helium...it'd be hot hot hot.

[G_j]

8. phew

sweating just thinking about it..

[dipsydoodle]

5. ‘Crazy, dynamic, unpredictable’ comet ISON still glowing, but is it still live ?

The unpredictable behavior of the ancient ISON comet has scientists scratching their heads, as the world’s space agencies had to quickly backtrack from their earlier claim that it had been destroyed in its encounter with the sun.

The 2km-wide relic has been traveling to meet our star for over a million years. But the “dinosaur bone of solar system formation,” as senior research scientist at Johns Hopkins University, Carey Lisse, dubbed it, did not shine as bright after its slingshot encounter around the sun on Thursday, forcing scientists and stargazers to conclude the celestial body had lost its tail and nucleus.

Karl Battams of NASA wrote on the space agency’s dedicated ISON blog about the confusion that the celestial body has caused.

“After impressing us yesterday, comet ISON faded dramatically overnight and left us with a comet with no apparent nucleus,” Battams said, also mentioning the deluge of calls he and the team had received from reporters, despite not being able to provide them with 100 percent clarity.

http://rt.com/news/comet-ison-not-dead-468/ includes video and two still shots.

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Crossing fingers

I hope we'll be able to see it in a few days!