[AZ-Observing] Comet Kudo-Fujikawa's Solar Encounter

Doug Snyder forwarded this message from the spaceweather.com site.  Observe
a comet from the comfort of your home.  You don't want to miss this.

The tight double star currently at the top of the frame is Alpha
Capricorni, and Beta is right below it.  Be sure to check out the real time
movies.  The LASCO C3 movies shows the comet approaching the sun.

Tom

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>Comet C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa) is plunging toward the Sun. On Jan. 29th, it
>will pass closer to our star than the planet Mercury. Intense sunlight will
>hide the encounter from sky watchers, but not from the Solar and
>Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), which is able to block the Sun's glare
>using onboard coronagraphs. C/2002 X5 will enter SOHO's field of view this
>weekend and remain visible until approximately the end of the month. How
>bright will the comet become? How big will its tail grow? Will the comet
>break apart? No one knows. You can watch the encounter by following links
>from www.spaceweather.com
>.
>Or directly from this SOHO site:
>http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html
>
>The updated image showing the comet's progress is LASCO C3.


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Tom Polakis
Tempe, AZ
Arizona Sky Pages
http://www.psiaz.com/polakis/
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