Congrats, Terry, on a wonderful observational achievement. But I have to tell you, mate, next time you try to pull a stunt like that (flying too close to the Sun), buy yourself a shield generator!!!!
Confirmation that the comet survived is now appearing in the STEREO Coronagraph images. I combined six images showing the comet to the the left of the sun moving outbound. Looks like the tail suffered a big hit...
This is one strange object. The pre-perihelion tail appears still extending downward, while the comet itself is the brilliant object to the right of the sun. Both entities seem completely disconnected.
The tail appears to be rebuilding on the comet itself.
That is a good question, the comet looks bright enough for marginal daylight observation right at the moment for people with very clear skies. I have a feeling we might be able to see something in a few days...but this comet has been so unpredictable!
WOW! Terry's comet has become somewhat of a phenomenon with thousands of websites covering it, many hundreds of video clips, dozens of You Tube video's devoted to it and there is still more data a to come in yet!
