It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Comet C/2012 S1 ISON and asteroid 433 Eros captured on 24 September with iTelescope T4 at around 5:20 am local time in New Mexico, USA. The image is a stack of 10 x 60 second Luminance exposures. Images stacked then SUMMED using ImageJ, then contrast enhancement applied.
Animation made from 9 of 10 images. Contrast enhanced to see the comet tail better.
TommyD1966
That's pretty neat.
Anyone know the distance between the two? My guess is 10's of millions of kms.
Oh, and we definitely needed a new ISON thread
TD
they were around 0.6 AU from each other
infoseeker26754
Your really into this thing aren't you? So when is the show? Heard in Oct, first week and that the gas
could kill us all!
No really, just out here in no where land KS and never get to see any action! Follow up on things, spend hrs
looking and miss it every time.
Keep us informed, Thank You!
boymonkey74
reply to post by cheesy
Love your drive Cheesy, great thread again
One question...will we be able to see it with the naked eye and when is the best date to see it? (ok two questions lol )
VoidHawk
Good spot Cheesy
By the way, I think we now know where you come from.
little presentation
rickymouse
So the Aries and Comet seem to be racing. I bet the mercury beats that Dodge.
rickymouse
So the Aries and Comet seem to be racing. I bet the mercury beats that Dodge.
Melbourne_Militia
What sort of gravitational impact upon Earth will ISON have if any as it passes?
Going along the theory that when planets are lined up in orbit theres more chance of earthquakes, will ISON have a similar effect as it passes?
Also, there hasnt been much mention lately about how close ISON will get to MARS as it flies past. I read somewhere it would be close enough to impact one of its moons should it be in the way.
Can anyone verify how close it will get to Mars itself?
Comet ISON is paying a visit to the Red Planet," says astronomer Carey Lisse of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. "On Oct 1st, the comet will pass within 0.07 AU from Mars, about six times closer than it will ever come to Earth."