Tuesday, November 26, 2013

look where the Sun shines

Humans probably can't seen C/2012 S1 (ISON) any more. But the various solar telescopes can! Be sure to check out the JAXA and NASA web sites associated with the noted telescopes over the next few days...
  • Nov 21-28: STEREO-A
  • Nov 26-29: STEREO-B; the only craft positioned to watch ISON transit the face of the Sun
  • Nov 27-30: SOHO
  • Nov 28-29: STEREO-A
  • Nov 28: SDO; for about 3 hours around perihelion
  • Nov 28: Japan's Hinode; for about 1 hour around perihelion
Now, that said, the data from these satellites has to be sent "down" and then processed. So we might still not see things immediately.

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