Happy 10th Birthday SOHO!

[fringe_dweller]

I know lots of you are aware of this - but it is something worth celebrating :-)))))
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/
i note in the montage image they included the shot of Comet NEAT (C/2002 V1) rounding the sun in LASCO C3 - that was a very exciting period of action for me http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/gallery/top10/top10_detail_NEAT_c3.html

:birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :birthday: :party2: :party2: :party2: :party2: :party2: :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

SOHO I love you :love: :love: (is that unnatural?) go you good thing!!!

did you know a member of this forum was one of the first amateurs in the world to discover a comet using the internet and downloaded images from one of its camera's?

[iceman]

I love SOHO too, I don't think it's unnatural.

Just amazing images it produces, and it's given us such a greater understanding of our star.


No, who?

[fringe_dweller]

I wasnt going to say as i might embarress him - I know he is a very modest bloke,
CometGuy

[iceman]

ah Mr Terry Lovejoy!

Congrats Terry! Care to tell the story?

[fringe_dweller]

does anyone remember the nail biting period in '98 when they thought they had lost it - it had frozen solid (-50C) and they had to slowly defrost it using the sun - awesome! - that was up there with apollo 13 imo for ingenuity

[fringe_dweller]

Mike - Terry has told his story before - do you have the Astronomy 2001 book - look at feb/page 23 :)

[iceman]

No, don't have that book Kearn! :(

[fringe_dweller]

its a shame you cant backorder those yearbooks - coz they contain so much amateur aussie history - they go way beyond a mere yearbook imo ;( i constntly refer back to them (11 years worth now) for various reasons
i dont know about the legalities of reproducing it here?

[iceman]

Let's see if Terry wants to tell it again himself :)

I don't think it's a good idea to reproduce it here.. although Glenn might be able to advise?

[davidpretorius]

if you are not going to identify him ie embarass him, can you give some hints, likee........maybe........his name!!!!



well done comet boy!!!

so why do they call you comet boy?

rocket boy is jealous!