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Old September 25th 12, 08:01 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Space Weather News for Sept. 25, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

SUNDIVING COMET: Astronomers are paying close attention to a
newly-discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON), which is heading for a
remarkably close encounter with the sun. Fierce solar heat could turn
Comet ISON into a bright naked-eye object in Nov. 2013. First images
and speculation about the comet are highlighted on today's edition of
http://spaceweather.com

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Old September 30th 12, 11:58 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Sep 25, 3:01*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
Space Weather News for Sept. 25, 2012http://spaceweather.com

SUNDIVING COMET: Astronomers are paying close attention to a
newly-discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON), which is heading for a
remarkably close encounter with the sun. *Fierce solar heat could turn
Comet ISON into a bright naked-eye object in Nov. 2013. *First images
and speculation about the comet are highlighted on today's edition ofhttp://spaceweather.com


According to this article the comet could be "cooler looking" should
it "sprout a massive glowing tail" :

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technolo...004852031.html

It is critically important that celestial objects "look cool."




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Old October 1st 12, 05:08 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On 9/25/12 2:01 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
Space Weather News for Sept. 25, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

SUNDIVING COMET: Astronomers are paying close attention to a
newly-discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON), which is heading for a
remarkably close encounter with the sun. Fierce solar heat could turn
Comet ISON into a bright naked-eye object in Nov. 2013. First images
and speculation about the comet are highlighted on today's edition of
http://spaceweather.com





Comet ISON C/2012 S1 Orbit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smpMQ...=youtube_gdata
 




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