Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)
October 6, 2013

Image:by Pat Knoll 2013

Sunday October 6 2013 another session with comet C/2012 S1 (ISON). This time from San Diego using a Meade 10 inch LX200 Classic SCT. ST8-XME with AO-8 guiding.

Very tough to get a good image. ISON just cleared the roof of the neighbor's house. It was in the atmospheric soup and at morning twilight so the sky was pretty bright. Sky was so bad even Mars had a twinkle.

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Image: C/2012 S1 by Pat Knoll - 2012
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Magnitude 10.0 according to the info displayed by 'TheSky v6.0.0.65'
RA:09h 46m 51s - DEC:+16d 24' 43" - West is up
10/06/2013

Comet ISON now Extinct: After close slingshot around the sun on Nov. 28. Initial hopes that some of the comet survived the solar passage did not last as it soon became clear the comet was destroyed by the sun encounter. Extremely disappointing after following it to the Sun