NASA Spacecraft Snaps New Photo of Potential 'Comet of the Century'

" A NASA spacecraft scanning for the most powerful
explosions in the universe has captured a photo of
Comet ISON, an icy wanderer that could potentially
dazzle stargazers when it swings close to the sun
later this year.

NASA's Swift satellite, which is typically used to
track intense gamma-ray bursts from distant stars,
photographed Comet ISON on Jan. 30, with the
space agency unveiling the photo today (March 29).
By tracking the comet over the last two months,
Swift has allowed astronomers to learn new details
about how large the comet is and how fast it is
spewing out gas and dust."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-spacecraf...112400946.html

On 3/31/2013 8:11 PM, wrote:
" A NASA spacecraft scanning for the most powerful
explosions in the universe has captured a photo of
Comet ISON, an icy wanderer that could potentially
dazzle stargazers when it swings close to the sun
later this year.

Let's hope it does better than comet Pan-Starrs has "panned" out....

A string of cloudy days or clouds appearing low in the west at sunset
hasn't helped me any...

I'll try again this week.

Dave

Hubble brings closer look at our amazing comet:

"The Hubble Space Telescope showed more details of Comet
ISON as it flew toward the Sun on its way to possibly give us
an incredible show later this year."

See:

http://www.zdnet.com/hubble-brings-c...et-7000014423/