Huge comet seen on soho web page.

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A newly observed comet, described as a sun grazer, is potentially larger than previous notable comets like Comet NEAT from 2003, which was nearly twice the size of Jupiter. There is currently no visible comet tail, raising questions about its nature. Some participants speculate whether the object could be Venus instead, but observations confirm its size exceeds that of Venus. The discussion also touches on solar activity and the start of a new solar cycle. The thread concludes with clarification that the object is indeed a comet, and the discussion is locked.
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This new comet is a sun grazer, remember comet neat in 2003? It was is almost 2 times the size of jupiter..

This one may be bigger, but there is no comet tail, why?
More about this when it gets closer to the sun, 2 or 3 days?
 

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freethsone said:
This new comet is a sun grazer, remember comet neat in 2003? It was is almost 2 times the size of jupiter..

This one may be bigger, but there is no comet tail, why?
More about this when it gets closer to the sun, 2 or 3 days?

How do you know that's a comet and not, say, Venus?
 
Jonathan Scott said:
How do you know that's a comet and not, say, Venus?
http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=recent
On the soho web page i confirmed comet as others did.
this may be of interest.


Myan predictions dec 21 2012?
[2012 crackpottery deleted]
 
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freethsone said:
http://sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil/index.php?p=recent
On the soho web page i confirmed comet as others did.
this may be of interest.
I see no entry for that picture on that link. Could you copy and paste the entry in that log you think applies?
Myan predictions dec 21 2012...
Please note: the 2012 conspiracy theory is a banned subject here. It is pure crackpot nonsense and we won't feed it.
 
Jonathan Scott said:
How do you know that's a comet and not, say, Venus?
Looking at a sky map via Starry Night, I find that Venus is about 6 degrees west of the sun right now. The FOV of that telescope is 16 degrees. Therefore: Venus!
 
russ_watters said:
I see no entry for that picture on that link. Could you copy and paste the entry in that log you think applies? Please note: the 2012 conspiracy theory is a banned subject here. It is pure crackpot nonsense and we won't feed it.



what are u talking about I am talking about astronomy...

The refrence is to a calander, very usful for predicting usfull astronomy.
and to show what evidence we can support the obviouse.
venus would appeare as a tiny dot next to the sun, unlike the photo.
 
russ_watters said:
Looking at a sky map via Starry Night, I find that Venus is about 6 degrees west of the sun right now. The FOV of that telescope is 16 degrees. Therefore: Venus!

well whatever it is is very big..
 
russ_watters said:
Looking at a sky map via Starry Night, I find that Venus is about 6 degrees west of the sun right now. The FOV of that telescope is 16 degrees. Therefore: Venus!

Whatever it is its bigger then venus.
 
freethsone said:
Whatever it is its bigger then venus.
And you base that assertion on what, exactly?
 
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freethsone said:
Whatever it is its bigger then Venus.


Take a look here http://lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil/images/C3_desc.html"
This shows how big Venus appears.


That is Venus in the most current shot just entering the frame!
 
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russ_watters said:
And you base that assertion on what, exactly?

The comparison photo of comet neat is how I made the comparison.
comet neat is almost twice the size of jupiter, in comparison the latest photo above left represents somthing at least that size, if not bigger.

A binary star?
 
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freethsone said:
This new comet is a sun grazer, remember comet neat in 2003? It was is almost 2 times the size of jupiter

latest photos.

The activity of solar flare you see here confirms a new solar cycle has begun.


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/29may_noaaprediction.htm

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/01/04/solar-cycle-24-has-officially-started/


follow this link for some information.
 

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It's Venus 6° from the Sun. :-)
 
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