Will we see a comet Elenin on SOHO images?

September 22nd, 2011 |

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Since September 23, the comet Elenin may be visible in the field of view of spacecoronagraph C3, installed on the spacecraft SOHO. As comet disintegrated or still disintegrating, there is a strong likelihood that we did not see anything or see it, but only after post processing of the original images (I recommend not work with JPG files, to avoid possible artifacts). On images comet will move from left to right, “under” the Sun. It may be seen as a fuzzy, hardly visible cloud. Stay tuned.

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Tags: C/2010 X1 (Elenin), Comet, Comet Elenin, SOHO, Комета, Комета Еленина

Kevin Heider

Comet Elenin’s closest approach to the Earth is Oct 16th. If the large telescopes have not detected it by mid-Oct, then you can even write it off as an extinct comet.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=C/2010+X1;cad=1#cad
Nbava Kua

Dear Mr. Elenin
Today is Sept 26 so i wonder is there new images of comet Elenin from SOHO or Stereo sattelites or comet disintegrated completely?
- Anonymous
  
  Comet not visible on SOHO images, comet disintegrated.
AndyGandy

People turn your mind ON and stop ask stupid questions! This is official Elenin comet site and lets discuss only sciense of astronomy here. If you looking for some Nibiru or other unbelievable things go to another place please. If you wish try to help Mr. Elenin somehow you can start to search moving clouds or points or something like that in SOHO pictures linked here.
I downloaded pictures from LASCO C3 about 2 days long in duration started from september 23st and stabilized star-motion on the background to better check for moving objects or glows. Nothing founded but small point moving under the sun. But it looks like a particle of dust on the LASCO C3 optics. If you want to watch sub-pixel stabilized sequence you can download it from here:

http://files.mail.ru/2C9KTW

Thank you Mr. Elenin for your patience and for this discussion thread and for comet of course!

With regards, AndyGandy.
- Anonymous
  
  Thanks for your post. Let’s follow this “object” but I think this is just artifact.
Mislav Zoran

Dear Mr. Elenin

Today is Sept 26 so i wonder is there new images of comet Elenin from
SOHO or Stereo satellites or comet disintegrated completely?

Thank you very much for your answer
- Anonymous
  
  Comet not visible on SOHO images, comet disintegrated.
Jon

Its a shame “your” comet got ripped to pices. i hope you will find a new one in the future that will live forever. its a shame it got disintegrated so we cant see it, would be nice to watch and study it.

Best of luck from Norway
- Kevin Heider
  
  Leonid discovered comet P/2011 NO1 on 7 July 2011.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P/2011_NO1
  - Jons
    
    thanks.
Tlhafelo

Hi Leonid

Right now in South Africa is the 26th of September. are you aware if any of the earthbound instruments as well as satellites in obirts have been able to have any visuals of Elenin since the 25th of September?

Thanking you in Advance for you answer and thanks for the time you take to answer our questions.
- Anonymous
  
  Hello, thanks!
  
  At now comet can be visible only on SOHO images, but comet is very faint for this instrument. For ground based telescopes comet will be visible from early October.
Anonymous

What “points”? Please attach image.
Anonymous

We can’t see comet on SOHO, it very faint for this telescope. But if comet not disintegrated it should shine on this images.
Anonymous

Right
Anonymous

Just rumors and paranoid speculation, you are right.
Anonymous

No.
Nathan

Interesting that a 200,000 km coma of gas can just disappear? Where did all the HCN go? Where are all the pieces?
- Kevin Heider
  
  The nucleus (core of the comet) that generated the coma was only 2-4km in diameter.
Nathan

Is it your opinion that all the ice melted and whatever is left of the nucleus has nothing to hold it together? How could it continue to breakup without friction in space? Why do comets disintegrate when they “hit” the solar system plane? Thanks
- Anonymous
  
  My comet stated disintegration process on middle August, not when it passed ecliptic plane.
juan moreno silva

hello sir Elenin, my name is Juan Moreno Silva, the city of Rengo in CHILE, along with health, I want to congratulate you on your discovery of this comet, but this has become a matter of insecurity and paranoia around the world especially that is said to be related to recent earthquakes in the world, because in my country there is dismay at the supposed alignment of the sun morning 27/09/2011, the earth and the comet which is supposedly caused a great earthquake devastated my country, sir Elenin you could confirm me that this comet completely disintegrated so as to convey the news in my country that would be of great relief to a lot of people who believe in the disintegration of the comet and just think of the end of the world his words will be of great relief for us. We know your time is valuable and must be fed up with this topic but please respondanos.Thanks for your time and waiting for your response.
Juan Moreno S. juamoreno26@gmail.com

@gmail:disqus juamoreno26@gmail.com
- Anonymous
  
  Hi Juan, I already wrote real facts about my comet. Comet not cause any cataclysm.
Guet

apparently a meteorite crash today in argentina. They said it could be parts of comet elenin, i dont think so

http://www.infobae.com/notas/607758-Un-meteorito-provoco-la-tragedia.html
- Anonymous
  
  This meteor can’t be a part of Elenin, it located too far away, practically at distance to Venus.
Anonymous

Comet LOCATED in the SOHO filed of view. But comet NOT VISIBLE because very faint.
Anonymous

No, come to far from the Earth, practically at distance to the Venus.
StaceyM

Why do you keep saying the comet has disintegrated , yet I keep seeing pictures/videos from other people of it currently to this date. And you keep saying the comet has completely disintegrated but then you say its faint. So which is it? Is it there or not? You guys need to stop sugar coating this stuff and tell us the TRUTH
- Anonymous
  
  Where its problem? Comet is disintegrated and it debris now is very fading, but I hope we will see it on early October, when comet will be visible from the Earth again. And yes, I’m telling truth.
- Kevin Heider
  
  The comet is currently not visible, but is estimated to have faded to about magnitude 14 as it disintegrates.
  http://severastro.narod.ru/sla/com/lc/current/c2010x1.gif
Anonymous

Let’s wait and see.
Kevin Heider

All the pictures from Michael Mattiazzo, STEREO-A, and SOHO suggest that the comet is in the process of disintegrating. (All three of the above sources took images over multiple days.)

Comet Elenin was last seen by STEREO-A at around magnitude 13 and fading. If anything is left of Elenin it will be a weak and pathetic comet.
Anonymous

Closer to Jupiter, at 4.22 AU from the Sun. All is correct.
Ramon Vink

Hi leonid

Thank you for all the information about Elenin and other comets. Don’t listen to those people that are claiming stupid things.. They are the ones on youtube posting crap, they have no clue about real physics and are too lazy to learn.
- Anonymous
  
  Thanks Ramon!
Anonymous

Thanks, yes, I will continue told about my work. Stay tuned!

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