astronomy comet ison
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This is a presentation I made for my Astronomy 1010 class. Comet ISON will most likely be the brightest comet we will see in our lifetimesTRANSCRIPT
Comet ISON
What is a Comet
Comet ISON • Discovered by
Russians Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using the International Scientific Optical Network
• It was first seen in pictures taken by a 15.7 inch reflecting telescope
NASA Deep Impact Spacecraft
http://www.voanews.com/content/nasa-captures-first-images-ison-comet/1599119.html
When first sighted it was 625 million miles away from earth in the constellation of Cancer
When First Sighted
When First Sighted
It measured 18.8 on the reverse scale
(100,000 times fainter than the dimmest star we can see with our eyes)
As it gets closer to the sun...
Sources
http://www.space.com/17762-newfound-comet-dazzling-2013-display-c2012s1.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap950826.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Comet_P1_McNaught02_-_23-01-07.jpg
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