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Comet C2012S1 (ISON)
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12" ASA - LRGB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Size: 2000 px | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The comet ISON (also known as C/2012 S1, or Comet Nevski–Novichonok), was discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichono using the 0.4-meter (16 inch) reflector of the International Scientific Optical Network near Kislovodsk, Russia and the automated asteroid-discovery program CoLiTec. After this the comet was located on precovery images by the Mount Lemmon Survey from 28 December 2011 and by Pan-STARRS from 28 January 2012. The discovery was announced by the Minor Planet Center on 24 September. Observations by SWIFT suggest that C/2012 S1's nucleus is around 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) in diameter. This image was taken on November 2nd 2013 between 3:50 and 5:20 LT (1:50 and 3:20 UT)
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Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Copyright: Velimir Popov and Emil Ivanov 2013. All Rights Reserved | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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