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Monthly Archives: January 2014

The Comet Lovejoy Saga

During the last bit of 2013, comet ISON was not the only comet visible Thank God, I’d say, because ISON turned out to be a real dud. Around late November there were four comets visible in the sky at the same time, the brightest of the pack being Comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy, that went on to put on a really good show. Discovered on September 7 by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy, this comet kept visible during the second half […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images / Astronomy: reports 19 January 2014 0

Looking back at comet ISON

Discovered in September 2012 by two Russian Astronomers (Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok) with the 40-cm reflector of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON) at the Observatory of Kislovodsk (Russia), this comet soon catches the attention of the scientific community, because its perihelion is expected very close to the scorching solar surface at 0.012 AU, i.e. less than 2 million km. From the comet’s path and brightness curve in the months following its discovery, some people suggest that it might […]

By Emmanuele Sordini Astronomy: images / Astronomy: reports 1 January 2014 0

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