Comet ISON Rising, 14 Nov. 2013
UPDATE (11/16/2013): I’ve replaced the video with one that pans and zooms…much better. (The video will keep looping after it loads): This is my latest (and best) attempt at a time lapse video of Comet...
View ArticleComet ISON & Moonlit Clouds, I & II (time lapse)
I took these this morning (Nov. 18, 2013), again near New Market, Alabama. I was hoping the clouds would clear in time to reveal the comet, which is just what happened. The first video is from ~300...
View ArticleSpica & Comet ISON Rising, Nov. 20, 2013
Time lapse video of Spica and Comet ISON rising, Nov. 20, 2013, over northeast Alabama. It was very windy, so there is a little camera shake as it zooms in from full frame to 130% crop. Composed of...
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A White Thanksgiving for New York City?
[UPDATED with 12Z Nov. 22 model plots, now putting the storm just offshore.] I’ve been watching the setup for what could turn into a white Thanksgiving for much of the Northeast..and maybe a travel...
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The Magical Mystery Climate Index – What does it show?
I’ve been having discussions with a physicist-friend about how to analyze time series data: what kinds of smoothing or filtering should be used, etc. The blogosphere is filled with discussions of...
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The Magical Mystery Climate Index: Luis Salas nails it.
In my post from earlier today, I showed the following mystery climate index plot with the challenge to readers to figure out what modes of variability it contained: Several commenters were actually...
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Comet ISON Hours Away from Perihelion
Here’s the latest SOHO spacecraft time lapse video of ISON approaching the sun, with perihelion expected today at 1:44 pm EST: …and a more recent SOHO image, from 10:37 a.m. EST: The following is from...
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Comet ISON, RIP…or Zombie ISON?
Is Comet ISON just a a residual pile of cosmic dust? Or did it survive? Shortly after passing perihelion, it looked like little was left. This SOHO LASCO C2 (narrow field) time lapse video shows what...
View ArticleA Comparison Between Comets ISON and Lovejoy (2011)
The experts are still trying to figure out just how much of Comet ISON has survived during Comet ISON’s flyby of the sun yesterday. I’m not a comet expert, but I’m going to venture a guess based upon...
View ArticleRemnants of Comet ISON fading fast
As I surmised yesterday, it appears that the nucleus of Comet ISON was mostly destroyed during its close approach to the sun, and what remains is fading fast, now estimated to be magnitude 5 in...
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