This may sound silly, but what if the solar streamers actually obscured the comet rather than fry it, giving the appearance of a disappearing, and now reappearing object? The Stereo A images, where more of its path can be traced than in the SoHo images (due to a diffreent viewing angle?), suggest that this may be happening. ISON is, after all, flying THROUGH the corona, not passing in front of it.
1: Don't call a comet, "COMET OF THE CENTURY lest you want it to fizz.
2: Don't buy extra equipment for glorious picture taking and observing of said comet.
3:Whenever a new, promising comet turns up, always repeat the old chant, "Remember Halley in '86, Remember Halley in '86" 23 times before planning observing holidays.
4: Always keep an easily accessible picture of McNaught's GREAT COMET of '07 at hand to remember what a REAL MAN'S COMET looks like.
5: Never, NEVER, say out loud, "I think this comet will be: Spectacular/Great/Brighter than the Moon, etc lest you fall into the trap as per #1 above.
1: Don't call a comet, "COMET OF THE CENTURY lest you want it to fizz.
2: Don't buy extra equipment for glorious picture taking and observing of said comet.
3:Whenever a new, promising comet turns up, always repeat the old chant, "Remember Halley in '86, Remember Halley in '86" 23 times before planning observing holidays.
4: Always keep an easily accessible picture of McNaught's GREAT COMET of '07 at hand to remember what a REAL MAN'S COMET looks like.
5: Never, NEVER, say out loud, "I think this comet will be: Spectacular/Great/Brighter than the Moon, etc lest you fall into the trap as per #1 above.
Richard the cometary realist
You're just passionate about astronomy. Nothing wrong with that.
Yeah it was stupid to dub a comet "the comet of the century". Everytime someone makes that call it ends up being a total fizzer. The northen hemisphere observers will be absolutely distraught they have not seen a great comet for a while. Us southerners have had the cherries for the last few times. I was looking at flights last night just in case it turned out being a great comet. I was planning on heading to meteor crater to shoot frames there and then maybe over grand canyon. Oh well next time
Wow, yes it does indeed. I wonder if it is the dust tail making its way around? Very interesting to see what is found the next 12 hours or so. Here is a nice sequence of LASCO mages that you can make your own time lapse movie from. Looks like it survived to me and brightening before it leaves the field of view.
I am amazed at how quickly the media jumped on the "It didn't make it" bandwagon.
Seems we are in for a show !
No I don't think it will be much of a show. It does not look as bright as entry, but it might put on a mag 4 view or mag 5 view of a few days and then slowly fade. Just a guess really but still something.
Interesting how Ison fades on close approach and re-appears at similar brightness, the comet itself is only small, the tail is being blown by solar winds at high rates thus spreading debre vastly, hence, less dense tail, therefore harder to detect, possibly ? ?
Any-which-way, intriguing over next 12/24 hrs.
Id never make a good reporter hey, Lol !
Out on a limb : ) yours truely
Solo man ?
As the comet rounds the sun and starts to head back towards us the tail would be behind it and not visable to us? Looks a bit like a Hale Bopp fan tail at the moment.
Interesting how Ison fades on close approach and re-appears at similar brightness, the comet itself is only small, the tail is being blown by solar winds at high rates thus spreading debre vastly, hence, less dense tail, therefore harder to detect, possibly ? ?
Any-which-way, intriguing over next 12/24 hrs.
Id never make a good reporter hey, Lol !
Out on a limb : ) yours truely
Solo man ?
I wonder if it is the dust tail making its way around? Very interesting to see what is found the next 12 hours or so. Here is a nice sequence of LASCO mages that you can make your own time lapse movie from. Looks like it survived to me and brightening before it leaves the field of view. 
