Comet C/2010X1 (Elenin)

[John Hothersall]

Great image and fantastic tail, someone said to me comet Elenin was a brown dwarf star about to destroy Earth kept quiet of course by NASA and all amature astronomers, I had to brake it to them gently. Internet is full of rubbish.

[Leonid Elenin (Leonid Elenin)]

Dear Australian observers, Michael Mattiazzo wrote what comet may fading, new visual estimates and images VERY necessary.

TIA

[dperry (Damion)]

also has anyone ever spotted this dark star trailing this comet?

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by dperry

where is the satellite in this image

Presumably the white stripes down from the top right hand edge of the image.

[Liz]

Ooh, very nice indeed Terry!!

[sydneystargazer (Roy)]

Originally Posted by dperry

also has anyone ever spotted this dark star trailing this comet?

There is no dark star trailing behind the comet.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by dperry

also has anyone ever spotted this dark star trailing this comet?

There is no dark star trailing this comet.

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Wow that's a beautiful tail, very nice!

[Leonid Elenin (Leonid Elenin)]

August 19, STEREO-B spacecraft has catched a very interesting event – the interaction of the gas coma of comet Elenin and coronal mass ejections from the Sun.

Video and details on http://spaceobs.org/en/2011/08/24/in...-from-the-sun/

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

very cool, thanks for the link.

[Leonid Elenin (Leonid Elenin)]

You're welcome.

[Liz]

Wow, from the MAN himself, congratulations on this comet leonid!!! It is quite the conversation piece.

[Leonid Elenin (Leonid Elenin)]

Thanks!

[CometGuy]

Unfortunately it really does look like the comet is starting to run out of steam. Latest image shows the ion tail has gone, and the central condensation is becoming diffuse and elongated.

This image is a small crop from a 3 x 22 second stack from August 25.

[iceman (Mike)]

Some interesting videos on the discoverers own website:
http://spaceobs.org/en/
about the comet potentially breaking up after being hit by a CME.

Hi Leonid Elenin, to IceInSpace.

Some more here on Universe Today about it:
http://www.universetoday.com/88494/c...isintigrating/

Originally Posted by CometGuy

Unfortunately it really does look like the comet is starting to run out of steam. Latest image shows the ion tail has gone, and the central condensation is becoming diffuse and elongated.

This image is a small crop from a 3 x 22 second stack from August 25.

Another nice image Terry!

[Leonid Elenin (Leonid Elenin)]

Originally Posted by iceman

Some interesting videos on the discoverers own website:
http://spaceobs.org/en/
about the comet potentially breaking up after being hit by a CME.

Hi Leonid Elenin, to IceInSpace.

Thank you Mike.

[CometGuy]

Just a quick image from tonight. Only 2 x 15 seconds (from my comet survey images) so excuse the graininess.

Terry