Trail of Dust | Space
About this Image
This stunning space wallpaper is a NASA Hubble
Space Telescope image of Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) when the comet was
slightly closer than Jupiter's orbit at a distance of 386 million miles
(621 km) from the sun. This is a contrast-enhanced photo produced from
the Hubble images of Comet ISON to reveal the subtle structure in the
inner coma of the comet. In this computer-processed view, the Hubble
image has been divided by a computer model coma that decreases in
brightness proportionally to the distance from the nucleus, as expected
for a comet that is producing dust uniformly over its surface. ISON's
coma shows enhanced dust particle release on the sunward-facing side of
the comet's nucleus, the small, solid body at the core of the comet.
This image was taken April 19, 2013.
Credit: NASA/ESA,/J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute), and the Hubble Comet ISON Imaging Science Team
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Jul 31, 2013 ... By the end of August, ISON should be high above the horizon before dawn, providing an easy target for skywatchers.
www.space.com/22176-comet-ison-skywatching-august.html
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Aug 6, 2013 ... Space and Earth-based telescopes are teaming up for to track the mighty Comet ISON and its potential to be the 'comet of the century.'
www.space.com/22263-comet-ison-space-telescope-campaign.html
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Jul 17, 2013 ... Comet ISON
promises to light up the sky in November. Here's a look at what
scientists have learned about the comet since its discovery last ...
www.space.com/22002-comet-ison-timeline-sun-flyby.html
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Aug 16, 2013 ... Comet ISON is not brightening as much as expected as it zooms toward the sun, an amateur astronomer has reported.
www.space.com/22405-comet-ison-lackluster-brightness-predictions.html
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Jul 30, 2013 ... Comet ISON's brightness has been steady for 5 months — not a good sign, one researcher says.
www.space.com/22163-comet-ison-fizzles-stargazing-predictions.html
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Aug 2, 2013 ... The August night sky features the return of the potentially spectacular Comet ISON, as well as the annual Perseid meteor shower, which could ...
www.space.com/22216-august-perseid-meteor-shower-comet-ison.html
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Jul 26, 2013 ... The image gives a deep-space view of the potential "comet of the century."
www.space.com/22126-comet-ison-galaxies-hubble-photo.html
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Aug 1, 2013 ... Comet researchers will meet in Maryland Thursday and Friday (Aug. 1 and 2) to discuss the sungrazing Comet ISON, which could turn out to be ...
www.space.com/22194-comet-ison-workshop-watch-live.html
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Jul 17, 2013 ... ISON
has been called the potential "comet of the century," but to live up to
its promise, it will have to survive its dangerous perihelion, or
closest ...
www.space.com/22005-comet-ison-risky-road-ahead.html
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Mar 25, 2013 ... Comet ISON could become a spectacular night sky object in November 2013. Find out why in this SPACE.com infographic.
www.space.com/19796-comet-ison-explained-infographic.html
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Jul 3, 2013 ... A new Comet ISON video from Hubble Space Telescope photos shows it streaking through the solar system at 48000 mph, NASA says. See the ...
www.space.com/21839-comet-ison-fireworks-hubble-telescope-video.html
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Feb 26, 2013 ... Comet ISON, discovered by two amateur astronomers in Russia, will arrive in Earth's neighborhood in November 2013.
www.space.com/19973-comet-ison.html
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Apr 23, 2013 ... See photos of the comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), or Comet ISON, which could amaze the world in late 2013.
www.space.com/19372-comet-ison-photos-2013-great-comet.html
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Jul 2, 2013 ... NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this view of Comet ISON, the potential 'comet of the century,' just in time for the Fourth of July.
www.space.com/21816-comet-ison-fireworks-hubble-space-telescope-the- comet-of-the-century-video.html
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Feb 6, 2013 ... NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has taken its first photos of comet ISON, a potential "comet of the century." The comet will be at its best in the ...
www.space.com/19656-comet-ison-nasa-spacecraft-photos.html
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Jul 18, 2013 ... The newly discovered Comet ISON will whip around the sun on Nov. 28, 2013, at a distance of just 730000 miles from our nearest star.
www.space.com/21998-comet-isons-perilous-journey-around-the-sun- explained-video.html
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Jul 19, 2013 ... If it survives a Thanksgiving Day close swing around the Sun, ISON will make its closest approach to Earth on December 26th, 2013. But it will ...
www.space.com/22035-will-comet-ison-slam-into-earth-video.html
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Aug 16, 2013 ...
The possible 'Comet of the Century' will come about 6.5 million miles
away from the Red Planet, much closer than it will Earth. NASA will
have ...
www.space.com/22403-comet-ison-s-mars-buzz-orbiter-and-rovers-on- lookout-video.html
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Jun 28, 2013 ... Comet ISON, which some scientists have dubbed the 'comet of the century,' is in a kind of summer sabbatical and not visible from Earth.
www.space.com/21758-comet-ison-summer-brightness.html
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Jan 24, 2013 ... The potentially dazzling comet ISON could light up the night sky later this year, but it could fizzle out too. See scientists' predictions for what has ...
www.space.com/19366-bright-comet-ison-2013-predictions.html
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