From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2010-01-03 00:30:44
i.e. an Amateur Astronomer picked up an image of a tiny comet before NASA or anyone else did. —–Original Message—– From: SpaceWeather.com [mailto:swlist@spaceweather….] Sent: 02 January 2010 20:02 To: SpaceWeather.com Subject: Sungrazing Comet Approaches Sun Space Weather News for Jan. 2, 2009 spaceweather.com SUNGRAZING COMET: Today, a bright comet is approaching the sun for a perilous close encounter, and it probably will not survive. The comet was discovered by an amateur astronomer monitoring images from NASA’s STEREO-A spacecraft. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has a good view of the comet’s approach and images are being posted on spaceweather.com FLYBY ALERT: The International Space Station is about to begin a series of bright flybys over North America. Your iPhone or iPod Touch can help you see the behemoth spacecraft when it passes overhead in the night sky. Visit simpleflybys.com for information about our newest app. FIRST METEORS OF 2010: The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Jan. 3rd around 1900 UT (2 p.m. EST) when Earth passes through a stream of debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1. The timing of this northern shower favors observers in eastern Europe and Asia. Bright moonlight will interfere with the display, which can reach 100+ meteors per hour under ideal conditions. You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing list, a free service of Spaceweather.com. New subscribers may sign up for free space weather alerts at spaceweather.com/ser… . No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG – www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.124/2596 – Release Date: 01/01/10 09:20:00
