#kreutz — Public Fediverse posts
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Another update on the fate of the Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) as seen by the CCOR-1 coronograph (https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/) on board the GOES-19 satellite.
The last image is from 7:15 UTC on April 6. The remnant of the comet is now becoming rather faint and is about as bright as the solar corona.
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Another update on the fate of the Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) as seen by the CCOR-1 coronograph (https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/) on board the GOES-19 satellite.
The last image is from 7:15 UTC on April 6. The remnant of the comet is now becoming rather faint and is about as bright as the solar corona.
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Another update on the fate of the Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) as seen by the CCOR-1 coronograph (https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/) on board the GOES-19 satellite.
The last image is from 7:15 UTC on April 6. The remnant of the comet is now becoming rather faint and is about as bright as the solar corona.
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Another update on the fate of the Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) as seen by the CCOR-1 coronograph (https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/) on board the GOES-19 satellite.
The last image is from 7:15 UTC on April 6. The remnant of the comet is now becoming rather faint and is about as bright as the solar corona.
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Another update on the fate of the Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) as seen by the CCOR-1 coronograph (https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/) on board the GOES-19 satellite.
The last image is from 7:15 UTC on April 6. The remnant of the comet is now becoming rather faint and is about as bright as the solar corona.
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Exactly 24 hours from now - at 0:35 UTC on 7 April - the total eclipse for the #ArtemisII crew will begin ... will they see / be able to photograph the fading detached dust tail of #Kreutz comet MAPS imaged here by https://ccor.nrl.navy.mil/ccor_realtime/last_image_MinBckgnd.png at 0:00 UTC on 6 April (image contrast-boosted a lot)? Deep images of the outer corona / #ZodiacalLight / potential dust hovering over the lunar limb might record it as well.
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The same thing in movies of SOHO LASCO C2 (orange) and C3 (blue).
Source of both movies: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/
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The same thing in movies of SOHO LASCO C2 (orange) and C3 (blue).
Source of both movies: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/
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The same thing in movies of SOHO LASCO C2 (orange) and C3 (blue).
Source of both movies: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/
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The same thing in movies of SOHO LASCO C2 (orange) and C3 (blue).
Source of both movies: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/
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The same thing in movies of SOHO LASCO C2 (orange) and C3 (blue).
Source of both movies: https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg/
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One more movie of the demise of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” – i.e. not following the comet's orbital motion – side of the Sun. You can see nice striations in the remaining dust / gas cloud.
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One more movie of the demise of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” – i.e. not following the comet's orbital motion – side of the Sun. You can see nice striations in the remaining dust / gas cloud.
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One more movie of the demise of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” – i.e. not following the comet's orbital motion – side of the Sun. You can see nice striations in the remaining dust / gas cloud.
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One more movie of the demise of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” – i.e. not following the comet's orbital motion – side of the Sun. You can see nice striations in the remaining dust / gas cloud.
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One more movie of the demise of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” – i.e. not following the comet's orbital motion – side of the Sun. You can see nice striations in the remaining dust / gas cloud.
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Interesting streak structure in the comet MAPS remnant now visible in the recent CCOR-1 image.
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Interesting streak structure in the comet MAPS remnant now visible in the recent CCOR-1 image.
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Interesting streak structure in the comet MAPS remnant now visible in the recent CCOR-1 image.
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Interesting streak structure in the comet MAPS remnant now visible in the recent CCOR-1 image.
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Interesting streak structure in the comet MAPS remnant now visible in the recent CCOR-1 image.
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Here's a movie of the end of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” (*) side of the Sun as discussed by @cosmos4u in https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116348754573023995 and https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116349936300324373.
(*) The comet should've reemerged from the Sun's glare at the opposing side.
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Here's a movie of the end of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” (*) side of the Sun as discussed by @cosmos4u in https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116348754573023995 and https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116349936300324373.
(*) The comet should've reemerged from the Sun's glare at the opposing side.
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Here's a movie of the end of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” (*) side of the Sun as discussed by @cosmos4u in https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116348754573023995 and https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116349936300324373.
(*) The comet should've reemerged from the Sun's glare at the opposing side.
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Here's a movie of the end of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” (*) side of the Sun as discussed by @cosmos4u in https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116348754573023995 and https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116349936300324373.
(*) The comet should've reemerged from the Sun's glare at the opposing side.
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Here's a movie of the end of Kreutz comet MAPS, showing the dust cloud feature emerging on the “wrong” (*) side of the Sun as discussed by @cosmos4u in https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116348754573023995 and https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116349936300324373.
(*) The comet should've reemerged from the Sun's glare at the opposing side.
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Two fresh images from SOHO, where the comet is now in both the LASCO C3 and C2 fields.
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Two fresh images from SOHO, where the comet is now in both the LASCO C3 and C2 fields.
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Two fresh images from SOHO, where the comet is now in both the LASCO C3 and C2 fields.
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Two fresh images from SOHO, where the comet is now in both the LASCO C3 and C2 fields.
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Two fresh images from SOHO, where the comet is now in both the LASCO C3 and C2 fields.
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Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) qickly approaching perihelion in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
This movie is missing 3 hours early morning UTC, when there entire field of view is white in the original movie.
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Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) qickly approaching perihelion in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
This movie is missing 3 hours early morning UTC, when there entire field of view is white in the original movie.
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Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) qickly approaching perihelion in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
This movie is missing 3 hours early morning UTC, when there entire field of view is white in the original movie.
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Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) qickly approaching perihelion in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
This movie is missing 3 hours early morning UTC, when there entire field of view is white in the original movie.
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Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) qickly approaching perihelion in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
This movie is missing 3 hours early morning UTC, when there entire field of view is white in the original movie.
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Short movie covering ~7 hours of Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
The comet enters the FOV at 10:00 UTC and the movie ends at 16:45 UTC.
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Short movie covering ~7 hours of Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
The comet enters the FOV at 10:00 UTC and the movie ends at 16:45 UTC.
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Short movie covering ~7 hours of Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
The comet enters the FOV at 10:00 UTC and the movie ends at 16:45 UTC.
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Short movie covering ~7 hours of Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
The comet enters the FOV at 10:00 UTC and the movie ends at 16:45 UTC.
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Short movie covering ~7 hours of Kreutz comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) in the field of view of the of the CCOR-1 coronograph.
The comet enters the FOV at 10:00 UTC and the movie ends at 16:45 UTC.
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The new #Kreutz #comet is now C/2026 A1 (MAPS): http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005658.txt and https://www.spaceobs.com/en/Alain-Maury-s-Blog/The-discovery-of-comet-C-2026-A1-MAPS and https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26BC9.html - whether it will reach and survive #perihelion is highly uncertain but there is hope as https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/posts/1670699484291561 and https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/117373975#msg34667 explain. And if MAPS makes it to perihelion and is (very) bright then coronagraphs on the ground might be able to catch it against the inner corona as the following table - calculated with https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons/app.html#/ - shows.
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The new #Kreutz #comet discovered unusually early has been named C/2026 A1 (MAPS): https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K26/K26BC9.html - see https://www.spaceobs.com/en/Alain-Maury-s-Blog/The-discovery-of-comet-C-2026-A1-MAPS for the discovery story and http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005658.txt and https://www.facebook.com/groups/227002358661288/posts/1670699484291561 (!) and https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/topic/117373975#msg34667 for diverging views about its chance of survival when it races a mere 160,000 km over the #photosphere on 4 April and becoming a bright comet.
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The 'Halloween Comet' Appears to Be Disintegrating in Space: A comet that was predicted to become bright enough to see with the naked eye at Halloween seems to be disintegrating right before our eyes.
https://www.shiningscience.com/2024/10/the-halloween-comet-appears-to-be.html