A Christmas comet to be seen from dark skies
If you are away from the bustle of the city these holidays, then try your luck at spotting a faint comet in the northern sky.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2014
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Australian amateur Terry Lovejoy discovers new comet
It's confirmed! Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy just discovered his fifth comet, C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). He found it August 17th using a Celestron C8 fitted with a CCD camera at his roll-off roof observatory in Brisbane, ...
Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2014
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Comet Lovejoy approaching key spot
Comet Lovejoy reaches a pivotal point in its orbit next week when it comes closest to the sun. It will still be visible to earthbound skygazers, astronomers say.
Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2013
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Subaru telescope captures comet Lovejoy's tail
A team of astronomers from Stony Brook University (the State University of New York at Stony Brook), the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), and others used Suprime-Cam, Subaru Telescope's wide-field, prime-focus ...
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2013
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Will comet ISON survive its brush with the Sun?
(Phys.org) —The much-anticipated close approach of comet ISON to the Sun this November may be spectacular as viewed from Earth, but it's unlikely to spell the end of the comet, according to a numerical-simulation study ...
Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2013
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Comet Lovejoy's wiggle offers glimpse of Sun's variable coronal magnetism (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers studying comet Lovejoy has discovered that as the ball of ice passed through the sun's corona in December 2011, its tail wiggled in a way that allowed them to better understand coronal ...
Three years of the Sun in three minutes
Since the Solar Dynamics Observatory opened its multi-spectral eyes in space about three years ago, we've posted numerous videos and images from the mission, showing incredible views of our dynamic Sun. Scott Wiessinger from ...
Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2013
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Year three: NASA SDO mission highlights
On Feb. 11, 2010, NASA launched an unprecedented solar observatory into space. NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) flew up on an Atlas V rocket, carrying instruments that scientists hoped would revolutionize observations ...
Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2013
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Heliophysics nugget: Sungrazing comets as solar probes
(Phys.org)—Heliophysics nuggets are a collection of early science results, new research techniques and instrument updates that further our attempt to understand the sun and the dynamic space weather system that surrounds ...
Space Exploration
Dec 6, 2012
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How did comet Lovejoy survive its trip around the sun?
It was just about three months ago that the astronomy world watched in awe as the recently-discovered comet Lovejoy plummeted toward the Sun on what what expected to be its final voyage, only to reappear on the other side ...
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2012
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