What Remains of ISON

Fragmented? Probably.

There seems to be something left of comet ISON, perhaps some large fragments. Dimmer than it was going in, more spread out. But something is generating a coma that shows up in the SOHO LASCO C3 imagery.

ISON SOHO LASCO C3
What remains of comet C/2012S1 ISON after perihelion in the SOHO LASCO C3 imagery

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi.

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