{"id":5367,"date":"2013-11-20T22:33:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T22:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2013-11-20T22:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T22:33:24","slug":"comet-ison-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5367","title":{"rendered":"Comet ISON update"},"content":{"rendered":"

It appears that Comet ISON<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0 fragmented a bit as it approaches the sun:\u00a0Comet ISON unfolds its wings – Astronomy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

In an update from\u00a0Rick Boozer<\/a>\u00a0(see earlier post<\/a>) he says,<\/p>\n

Comet ISON is really moving fast.\u00a0 It appeared brighter, longer this morning. Farther from Spica at approximately 8 degrees distance. See attached image I obtained while running Stellarium<\/a> using distance measuring tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It appears that Comet ISON\u00a0has\u00a0 fragmented a bit as it approaches the sun:\u00a0Comet ISON unfolds its wings – Astronomy.com In an update from\u00a0Rick Boozer\u00a0(see earlier post) he says, Comet ISON is really moving fast.\u00a0 It appeared brighter, longer this morning. Farther from Spica at approximately 8 degrees distance. See attached image I obtained while running … Continue reading Comet ISON update<\/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":[12,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1oz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5428,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5428","url_meta":{"origin":5367,"position":0},"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. 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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":5274,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5274","url_meta":{"origin":5367,"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":5512,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5512","url_meta":{"origin":5367,"position":4},"title":"The ISON story continues","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest on comet ISON: NASA Investigating the Life of Comet ISON After several days of continued observations, scientists continue to work to determine and to understand the fate of Comet ISON: There's no doubt that the comet shrank in size considerably as it rounded the sun and there's no\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Asteroids & Comets"","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids & Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"Comet ISON comes in from the bottom right and moves out toward the upper right, getting fainter and fainter.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/673xvariable_height\/public\/soho_c3_timelapse_new_0.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5475,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5475","url_meta":{"origin":5367,"position":5},"title":"ISON – The die hard comet","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Evidence is growing that a part of the Comet ISON nucleus did in fact survive its close solar experience (see previous posting). 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