waremi

Of the seven jobs you list which one would make you cringe the most when a call came in?

First I would like to say that whoever was point on coordinating the number of eyes, both in space and on the ground, we have looking at this thing deserves a big x-mass bonus. My question is after perihelion, ISON will be moving out of the ecliptic plane, but I was wondering how close to Earth's orbit it came on it's way in, how much dust or matter it was putting out at that point, and whether we have the possibility of a new meteor shower in late January as a result?

Thanks, that would have been my guess, but I didn't want to prejudge. I don't think I would deal well with the blood and guts and gore either, but the extremes some hoarders go to is like watching someone die in slow motion.

Once everything is said and done, what do you think/hope you might learn from this comet in particular that we didn't know before?

Real time images from SOHO are posted here as they come in: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html