The Comet Hunters
April 18, 2008 7:10 AM Subscribe
The Story of a Comet Hunter (see also his web page which contains a link to the story of his discover of Comet Seki-Lines in 1962).
Visual comet hunting has a long and intriguing history. Today visual hunters are adapting their ways to make visual discoveries in an age of automated searches. The amateur can still win.
Now, ANYONE can discover a comet(?) Or perhaps 1000. A Guide for SOHO Comet Hunters. More SOHO and Sungrazing Comet Links. [Previously]
But you don't get your name on a SOHO comet. It's just "Comet SOHO" followed by a number.
Of course, the way things are going, they'd have names like "Biesecker 1" through "Biesecker 47" and so on, so maybe it doesn't matter.
posted by pracowity at 9:14 AM on April 18, 2008
Of course, the way things are going, they'd have names like "Biesecker 1" through "Biesecker 47" and so on, so maybe it doesn't matter.
posted by pracowity at 9:14 AM on April 18, 2008
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One of the cooler comet-related things I've seen online is SOHO-6 evaporating in the sun's atmosphere.
posted by cog_nate at 7:46 AM on April 18, 2008