Well... its all over for COMET ISON; we got to pull off our EYES ON ISON. I feel dejected and curse myself that why did I chose the title on a day (27th November) before the comet was to meet its penultimate day of sun encounter (perihelion) having an age of around 4.5 billion years, " ISON LOST TO SUN" . We all hoped that ISON would survive, hoping that it will offer a dazzling display in the winter dawns; here in INDIA, we thought that we can educate people and encourage them to come out and watch the COMET... alas.. it is no more.
The central idea of this post is taken from Karl Battams ( LINK ), an expert on comets; who had spent sleep less nights during Thanksgiving holidays. Sky and Telescope realized that the real time science is incredibly thrilling; they found a huge spike in their web traffic (read the obituary). The comet scientist, Karl Battams had opened a twitter account (@sungrazerComets) and couldn't believe himself that he will end up having thousands of followers.
Referring to Battams...
The ISON, having born some 4.5-billion years (remember 9-zeros after 4 !!!) among dust some where in Oort's cloud and wondering around could have had its fate changed and pushed around in such a way that it was to turn into a sun grazing class. ISON got known to earthlings on 21st September 2012 (vow... my date of birth). Re-kindled enormous interest among all the amateur astronomers down to a common man (the mango man, an Indian phrase) to the extent of becoming a comet of century class.
Please dont be disheartened, you can certainly make use of your binoculars/telescopes and look for another comet LoyeJoy which is certainly not a very popular one; but lets not discriminate; lets keep the scientific temperament alive.. here we go.. LINK
ISON lived a wonderful, unpredictable life; kept every enthusiast on their toes. Hang on... as per Battams, the ISON got split into billions of pieces.. it will certainly lit up our skies in the form meteor shower. It kept thousands and thousands of people awake following the twitterati ... We all loved you ISON...
Please pay your last homage here:
The central idea of this post is taken from Karl Battams ( LINK ), an expert on comets; who had spent sleep less nights during Thanksgiving holidays. Sky and Telescope realized that the real time science is incredibly thrilling; they found a huge spike in their web traffic (read the obituary). The comet scientist, Karl Battams had opened a twitter account (@sungrazerComets) and couldn't believe himself that he will end up having thousands of followers.
Referring to Battams...
The ISON, having born some 4.5-billion years (remember 9-zeros after 4 !!!) among dust some where in Oort's cloud and wondering around could have had its fate changed and pushed around in such a way that it was to turn into a sun grazing class. ISON got known to earthlings on 21st September 2012 (vow... my date of birth). Re-kindled enormous interest among all the amateur astronomers down to a common man (the mango man, an Indian phrase) to the extent of becoming a comet of century class.
Please dont be disheartened, you can certainly make use of your binoculars/telescopes and look for another comet LoyeJoy which is certainly not a very popular one; but lets not discriminate; lets keep the scientific temperament alive.. here we go.. LINK
ISON lived a wonderful, unpredictable life; kept every enthusiast on their toes. Hang on... as per Battams, the ISON got split into billions of pieces.. it will certainly lit up our skies in the form meteor shower. It kept thousands and thousands of people awake following the twitterati ... We all loved you ISON...
Please pay your last homage here:
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| The RISE and FALL of ISON Credit : NASA; SOHO image |
