Did Comet ISON Survive Perihelion?
Animation of Comet ISON’s Close Encounter with the Sun.
Individual frames courtesy of NASA’s SOHO Mission.
The rumors of Comet ISON’s demise may be greatly exaggerated, well maybe not greatly, but I couldn’t resist the pun. Shown above are a series of still frames from NASA’s SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) Mission.
Reports from earlier in the evening, as well as many images from SOHO showed what looked to be the demise of comet ISON. Follow the “read more” link to see additional images and video.
These images from NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory and the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory show Comet ISON growing dim as it made the journey around the sun. At the time this video was published, the comet was believed to have broken up and evaporated.
Image Credit: NASA/SDO/ESA/SOHO/GSFC
At this point, I’d say that “something” survived perihelion, but how significant that “something” is, and whether or not we’ll be able to view it with telescopes in the next few days is anyone’s guess.
That being said, Phil Plait did compare comets to cats on his blog – specifically, with respect to how unpredictable both can be.
If you want to keep up with the latest developments on what comet ISON’s true fate may be over the next few days, here’s a few links:
Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy Blog)
Source: http://www.dearastronomer.com/2013/11/did-comet-ison-survive-perihelion/
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No. lol
Yes it did. Only a fool would not see the comet was way past the sun before it broke apart into fairy dust with little sprinkles and lets not forget it was a giant snow cone before it went by the sun.
Nope. What you saw after perihelion was a ball of dust that shed most of what remained within a few days. Only a fool would say that there was still a solid nucleus in that mess. In my book, that means it was no longer a comet at that point and was dead. It was just a ghost of it’s former self.