Comet Ison
December is always an awesome month (for obvious reasons). However the first 17 days are going to especially interesting if a tail does form from Comet Ison. If this does happen it will visible to most of the northern hemisphere, especially at night.
Truly a once in a life time occurrence if you consider the chances of detecting a comet that also has an orbit that takes it through the Sun's corona. However, it is not certain that we will have the outcome we all hope for and it may explode during its passage, meaning no tail across the sky. I for one though will be keeping an eye on the unfolding events.
If you are interested in this further, give the following article a read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236. If you've got a spare hour to kill, I recommend watching this episode of Horizon http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k3881. Some of what we are trying to achieve in Space is incredible. It's just scary that we have barely even scratched the surface of the potential infinite things to discover in the Universe.
What's going on in my world:
Currently listening to: Periphery – Periphery II - groovy.
Truly a once in a life time occurrence if you consider the chances of detecting a comet that also has an orbit that takes it through the Sun's corona. However, it is not certain that we will have the outcome we all hope for and it may explode during its passage, meaning no tail across the sky. I for one though will be keeping an eye on the unfolding events.
If you are interested in this further, give the following article a read http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236. If you've got a spare hour to kill, I recommend watching this episode of Horizon http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k3881. Some of what we are trying to achieve in Space is incredible. It's just scary that we have barely even scratched the surface of the potential infinite things to discover in the Universe.
What's going on in my world:
Currently listening to: Periphery – Periphery II - groovy.
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