Sunday, April 11, 2010

LASCO C2 - April 5 - 11, 2010 (Comet into Sun 4-10)

SUNGRAZING COMET: On Saturday morning, the sun had a comet for breakfast. The icy visitor from the outer solar system appeared with no warning on April 9th and plunged into the sun during the early hours of April 10th. One comet went in, none came out. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) had a good view of the encounter: (SpaceWeather.com)




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKz8qLInMf8