Im giving the public lecture at STScI tonight. Please join us, in person or online ... Great Comets from Humble Origins & Eyes on ISON Frank Summers, Space Telescope Science Institute Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 8 PM Comets can be one of the most amazing sights in the heavens, with naked-eye bright comas and tails stretching across half the sky. The most spectacular comet appearances are called great comets, but such an occurrence is infrequent enough that it is also nicknamed a comet of the century. In preparation for the Thanksgiving Day perihelion passage of Comet ISON, along with its great possibilities, its a proper time to examine the humble origins, from the most rural parts of the solar system, of these briefly blazing celestial visitors. Webcast: https://webcast.stsci.edu/webcast/detail.xhtml?talkid=3814&parent=1 Web site: hubblesite.org/about_us/public_talks/
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:56:53 +0000
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