Week 1 Outline.

Visualizing the Universe, one pixel at a time.

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) is a sungrazing comet discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitali Nevski, and Artyom Novichonok

ISON. The discovery was made using the 0.4-meter (16 in) reflector of the International Scientific Optical Network near Kislovodsk, Russia and the automated asteroid-discovery program CoLiTec

Good ISON information websites

Celestial Sign Posts

This week ---Looking south at 8 - 12 pm, in December

The Winter 6 (11:00 PM PST)

Map made with Cartes du Ceil, animated in Photoshop.

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C/Ison 2012 / S3 Path... in November

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