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karlg100 writes
"Space.com is carrying this article about the 3 comets this summer. The first of the 3, Bradfield, is visible via the SOHO observatory. You can see the movie here. Comets LINEAR and NEAT may give us a display in the coming months. Stay tuned."
And if they hit the Earth (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:And if they hit the Earth (Score:1, Funny)
Just one of those little things that might come in handy for future refernece...
Re:SOHO (Score:4, Informative)
SOHO (Solar & Heliospheric Observatory) is a joint mission of ESA and NASA. The on board telescope has a coronograph: that is it masks out the sun central body to permit the study of the outer part of the Sun's atmosphere (that is known as the corona). This makes it also great for the observation of comets when they do a "very close to the sun" passage.
The home page is here [nasa.gov] and the Bradfield comet images are (for the moment) here [nasa.gov].
Sky and Telescope article (Score:5, Informative)
SOHO view of comet Bradfield... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:SOHO view of comet Bradfield... (Score:1)
> absolutely. Thus: Absolute knowledge corrupts absolutely.
But knowledge of the Absolute obliterates any person who may
be corrupted by power.
NUT (Score:1, Informative)
Interesting? No more interesting than any other raving lunatic on a street corner.