Friday, May 31, 2013

Possible 'Comet of the Century' Blazes Up in New Photos

http://www.livescience.com/37015-comet-ison-photos-gemini-observatory.html

May 30, 2013 - LiveScience.com
A comet that could become one of the brightest ever seen when it flys by the sun this November is already remarkably bright and active, a new set of photos shows.

Comet ISON sports a well-defined tail of dust and gas even though it remains far from the sun, the new images from Hawaii's Gemini North Observatory reveal. But it's still too early to tell if ISON will live up to the "comet of the century" hype, researchers stress.
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Gemini spots Comet ISON hurtling towards the Sun

http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/71943-gemini-spots-comet-ison-hurtling-towards-the-sun

May 30, 2013 - TG Daily
A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the twilight sky and remain easily visible, or even brilliant, into early December of this year.
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Astronomers Track Comet ISON From Gemini Observatory

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112861582/comet-ison-may-come-uncomfortably-close-to-the-sun-053113/

May 30, 2013 - RedOrbit
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) is racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun, according to a new series of images from the Gemini Earth Observatory. Comet ISON might present a stunning sight in the twilight sky of late November that will remain easily visible, even brilliant, into early December.
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Telescope in Hawaii captures images of comet ISON speeding towards Sun

http://in.news.yahoo.com/telescope-hawaii-captures-images-comet-ison-speeding-towards-093146230.html

May 30, 2013 - Yahoo News
Gemini Observatory has taken a new series of images that shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun.
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New Images of Comet ISON Hurtling Towards the Sun

http://www.universetoday.com/102522/new-images-of-comet-ison-hurtling-towards-the-sun/

May 30, 2013 - UniverseToday
As Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) heads closer to Earth, we’re getting a better view of what has been billed by some as the “Comet of the Century.” Astronomers say these new photos from the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai‘i provide hints of how well this comet might survive one of the closest comet encounters with the Sun ever recorded, on November 28, 2013.
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Gemini captures Comet ISON hurtling toward uncertain destiny with the Sun

http://phys.org/news/2013-05-gemini-captures-comet-ison-hurtling.html

May 30, 2013 - Phys.org
A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the twilight sky and remain easily visible, or even brilliant, into early December of this year.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-gemini-captures-comet-ison-hurtling.html#jCp
A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the twilight sky and remain easily visible, or even brilliant, into early December of this year.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-gemini-captures-comet-ison-hurtling.html#jCp
A new series of images from Gemini Observatory shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the twilight sky and remain easily visible, or even brilliant, into early December of this year.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-gemini-captures-comet-ison-hurtling.html#jCp

ISON Time Sequence

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/space-photo-of-the-day-2/?pid=7051

May 30, 2013 - Wired.com (Wired Space Photo of the Day)