Comet Lovejoy survives perihelion!

I've been looking all over, and likely missed it, but.... When exactly is perihelion? Is it today, the 15th, at 7:00pm EST? I'm tired of looking and not finding the answer.

Thanks!

this is the prediction..

[...]Astronomer Gareth V. Williams computed a preliminary orbit for the comet, which indicates that perihelion (closest approach to the sun) will occur at 7 p.m. EST Dec. 15 (00:00 GMT on Dec. 16) at a distance of 548,000 miles (882,000 km) from the center of the sun, meaning that the comet will skim a mere 115,000 miles (186,000 km) above the solar surface, putting it into the special classification of a "Kreutz Sungrazer."

[link to www.space.com]

Wow I cant believe this is not pinned.
The Coma now appears half the size of the Sun on Soho.

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

here's a close up..I see lots of right angles

Could someone please tell me when the best time to look for this Comet is?

I live in the EST time zone. Also which direction to look.


Thank you very much, really cool thread and I hope I have a chance to see this and have a few beers.

Thanks again folks

Thank you very much, really cool thread and I hope I have a chance to see this and have a few beers.

Thanks again folks

That's from CCD blooming. It happens when pixel wells over-fill and flow into neighboring pixels on the same column.

[link to sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov]

the pictures below are an enlargement of Comet Lovejoy from the 00:54 LASCO C3 image on the link above..

I thought it was sort of interesting due to all the right angles at the head of the Comet





edited to add: second enlarged pic
Thread: Comet Lovejoy anomaly on LASCO..is this proof that L.J. is an ET spacecraft?

Would that explain these images too?

the Comet should be in the LASCO C2 field of view by now

[link to twitter.com]

just waiting for an update..

here's the link

[link to sohodata.nascom.nasa.gov] <===

hi RTS REDUX,

just wondering if you would know if it was possible in my part of the world to see this?

Thanks

its dark here now :) but could we see anything?

its dark here now :) but could we see anything?

Latest LASCO C3:

[link to lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil]

How many hours 2 go now?

approx 1 hour to go

Not unless it manages to survive perihelion, and even then, not right now. The only way you or I will see it for the next several hours is through the various sun-watching satellites.