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During the 1960's I was a professional astronomer (in radio astronomy). At that time, and before, sharing among professionals was common; trust and good will existed. After moving on to the atmospheric sciences I kept track of my old field of astronomy, and I watched as competition replaced cooperation. There were a finite number of university teaching positions, so a greater proportion of PhD astronomers were competing for research grants. Too many PhDs were competing for limited funds starting in the 1970's. The forces that operate when supply exceeds demand were unmerciful to the person with an IQ of less than 145 who just wanted to do astronomy for the love of it; that person was simply born a few decades too late. Such people can't compete today, so they leave the field - even if they've acquired a PhD. Those who remain employed in astronomy are super-smart, and also super-competitive. No one holds your hand, these days, encouraging you as a student to join the ranks of professionals. If you don't already have a competitive nature, and a genius IQ, you won't make it as a professional astronomer. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
Most of the voltage difference between the comet and the solar plasma is taken up in a double layer of charge, called a plasma sheath, that surrounds the comet. When the electrical stress is great enough, the sheath glows and appears as the typical cometary coma and tail. Diffuse electrical discharges occur in the sheath and at the nucleus, radiating a variety of frequencies, including x-rays.
Still, as already noted we have the comet’s Mercury fly pass to observe – that’s going to be November 15th folks!. This time the evidence will be clear.
Any poster can go back to this thread in the days ahead after seeing for themselves whether or not events have proven the statements I have made in this thread ...
The reality we will see in the sky above our heads is way way out of your control at this point.
Tallone
Comet ISON is proving the validity of the EC model.
We are due for a pass by Mercury in just two days, then perihelion around the sun, then it passes by us here on planet Earth. Fireworks in the sky - and a lot of questions will be asked by an awful lot of people.
When Comet ISON comes closest to Mercury - in just two more days we may well get to see something like this in our night sky - plasma connecting planets ...
alfa1
Do I understand then that these predictions are to be ignored, and you're just moving on with more EU stuff as if everything you've said in the past doesn't count anymore?
RickyD
imbed this...
Im on my mobile and that side of the site doesn't let me imbed that myself. The video is an hr and a half an I've now watched it twice it was so good. As you mentioned in the OP the observations being made in the last few years fit with the EC theory even when scientist are at a loss on why the common model gave such drastically different predictions.
Experienced observers put the comet's rising magnitude near +4.0, well above the threshold of naked-eye visibility. The problem is, ISON is approaching the sun and becoming increasingly difficult to observe. Shahrin Ahmad of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, photographed the comet's green core framed by twilight blue on the morning of Nov. 19th:
"I'm trying not to use the word 'freak,'" said David Jewitt of UCLA and lead author of a paper about the six-tailed asteroid, "but that's what it is. It is definitely freakish."
On November 28 of this year, ISON will lie closest to the Sun — a scant 680,000 miles (1.1 million kilometers) from its surface. Latest predictions indicate that it will peak at magnitude –4.5, equivalent to the brightness of Venus.
Nov 20, 20.8 UT: Added Nov 20 Whitmer G filter images & analysis. V-mag total ~ 4.1, so comet continues to brighten without breaking-up. Side jets still present.
Ison changed two orders of magnitude in visibility in less than 24hours, there is NO WAY THAT COULD HAPPEN in a gradient thermal environment...the cause HAS TO be magnetic and electromagnetic. The most probable scenario is that Ison ( glowing green and already identified as carbon emitting )is acting , as Tesla said , a perfect conductor in the near perfect vacuum of space and is a massive chunk of carbon in either the form of diamond or graphene.
Nov 18, 14.8 UT: Cloudy in our area, so no new images or mag's. Note yesterday's puzzling finding that the comet faded! The outburst may be over, which is puzzling.
alfa1
Remember this?
When Comet ISON comes closest to Mercury - in just two more days we may well get to see something like this in our night sky - plasma connecting planets ...
But ask yourself, if this were so why then are not the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter burnt dry by the sun? Let’s look at some of these facts explainable using the EC model but unexplainable using DST.
hellobruce
Damn, I missed that - can you point out a good video of it? Unless....
Tallone
The dirty snowball theory... DST... unexplainable using DST.
...problem for DST...according to DST... problem for DST...
DST cannot explain.... problem for DST...
DST cannot explain...... DTS ...... DST ...... DST... DST ...
... DST ... the DST model .