{"id":4857,"date":"2013-10-09T05:25:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T05:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4857"},"modified":"2013-10-09T05:25:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T05:25:31","slug":"comet-ison-moving-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4857","title":{"rendered":"Comet ISON moving closer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The comet\u00a0C\/2012 S1<\/a>, or ISON as it is called, will pass close to the sun this November. The big question is whether it will put on a big show for the unaide eyes of everyone or just be visible to those looking through telescopes. At the moment is it is showing off for those watching it through such aids:\u00a0Green light for ISON: Comet blazes in stunning shots – PhotoBlog<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
Comet ISON (C\/2012 S1) | Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

The comet was discovered on September 21, 2012 by Vitali Nevsk of Vitebsk,\u00a0Belarus\u00a0and Artyom Novichonok of \u00a0Kondopoga,\u00a0Russia.<\/p>\n

Here is a blog dedicated to the comet:\u00a0WAITING FOR ISON<\/a>.\u00a0It offers lots of resources about this big dirty snowbal<\/a>l.<\/p>\n

Here are some Hubble images of comet Ison from April 10, 2013:<\/p>\n

\"File:HubbleSite-C2012S1-20130410.jpg\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The comet\u00a0C\/2012 S1, or ISON as it is called, will pass close to the sun this November. The big question is whether it will put on a big show for the unaide eyes of everyone or just be visible to those looking through telescopes. At the moment is it is showing off for those watching … Continue reading Comet ISON moving closer<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1gl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4984,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4984","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":0},"title":"Comet ISON update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Comet ISON (C\/2012 S1) could become visible to low power telescopes and binoculars, and maybe even to the naked eye, in the next few weeks. The website\u00a0The ISON Atlas\u00a0aims to help people find out\u00a0\"Where to find Comet ISON in the sky\". The post for this month:\u00a0OCTOBER 2013 | The ISON\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/skycenter.arizona.edu\/sites\/skycenter.arizona.edu\/files\/imagecache\/temp_gallery\/ison_10082013.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":452,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=452","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":1},"title":"Video: Comet ISON imaged by Deep Impact probe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This video looks like something from a 1950's sci-fi TV show but is actually made from images of the Comet ISON from the Deep Impact probe: NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes Comet ISON - NASA . This series of images of comet C\/2012 S1 (ISON) was taken by the Medium-Resolution\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/pv7x1H1b9MA\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5237,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5237","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":2},"title":"Comet ISON starting to light up","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Comet ISON is brightening up enough to see it with binoculars:\u00a0Spaceweather.com - Nov.9.13\u00a0- COMET ISON NOW A BINOCULAR OBJECT:\u00a0Comet ISON is brightening as it approaches the sun. Multiple observers now report that it is a binocular object. \"I finally saw Comet ISON for the first time using small binoculars!\" says\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5274,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5274","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":3},"title":"Comets ISON and Lovejoy in timelapse video","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Photographer\u00a0Justin Ng\u00a0created these\u00a0timelapse sequences of Comet ISON and Comet Lovejoy\u00a0images (via\u00a0Universe Today). Timelapse of Comet ISON and Comet Lovejoy from Justin Ng Photo on Vimeo. \u00a0Find the latest news and imagery for Comet ISON\u00a0and\u00a0Comet Lovejoy\u00a0at these sites: Comet ISON Observing Campaign Comet ISON News - Comet ISON news, photos, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5428,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5428","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":4},"title":"Comet ISON update – Swinging around the sun, Images from NASA spacecraft, and more","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned earlier,\u00a0Comet ISON\u00a0has brightened considerably as it has gotten closer to the sun. It will go behind the sun on November 28th and there is great interest in how the comet will be affected by this closest encounter to the sun's intense heat. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"figure2_messenger_ison[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/figure2_messenger_ison1.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5469,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5469","url_meta":{"origin":4857,"position":5},"title":"Comet ISON swings around the sun [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Comet ISON\u00a0 swung behind the Sun today. Initial reports were that it did not survive its close encounter with the big heat but others are now saying that there appears to be a small object that remains on the same trajectory. Will watch for updates. [ Update 1:10 am Nov.29.13:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"ISON approaches the Sun as seen from SOHO LASCO C3 (Nov 28, 2013)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetary.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/images\/9-small-bodies\/2013\/20131128_ison_lasco-c3_20131128_1537_c3_1024.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4858,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4857\/revisions\/4858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}