Komet auf SOHO sichtbar

Geschrieben von franz_liszt am 26. Januar 2003 11:49:25:

Hi Foris,

endlich wieder was los da oben :)

HOT COMET: Comet C/2002 X5
(Kudo-Fujikawa) is plunging toward the Sun.
On Jan. 29th, it will be 0.19 AU from our
star--even closer than Mercury! Intense
sunlight will hide the encounter from sky
watchers, but not from the Solar and
Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which is
able to block the Sun's glare using onboard
coronagraphs. C/2002 X5 will enter SOHO's field of view on Jan.
25th and remain visible until the end of the month. Pictured above
is a simulation, prepared by science writer Frank Reddy, of what
the encounter might look like. How bright will the comet become?
How big will its tail grow? Will the comet break apart? No one
knows. Come back during the days ahead and see for yourself.

Beobachten kann man hier:
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

Gruß franz_liszt

(es geht auch ohne WWW ;))



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