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#31
Jul 26 2011 10:06am
I have no idea.. that is very strange o.O looks amazing though.
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Jul 26 2011 10:08am
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Just wondering what this giant light is to the right of the sun. I have watched this solar monitor for years and have never seen anything like this, its definitely not a planet:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/latest.jpg

Anyone have any info on this?

Its been moving to the left for the past few days, so it doesn't appear to be a camera anomoly either, and its not jupiter because jupiter appears as a little bright speck probably 20x smaller, and jupiter is not in the field of view right now.

Here it is yesterday:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c3/20110725/20110725_2342_c3_512.jpg

Any ideas or info would be helpful.

Thanks.


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#33
Jul 26 2011 10:16am
Quote (Torm1 @ Jul 26 2011 12:00pm)
Just wondering what this giant light is to the right of the sun. I have watched this solar monitor for years and have never seen anything like this, its definitely not a planet:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/latest.jpg

Anyone have any info on this?

Its been moving to the left for the past few days, so it doesn't appear to be a camera anomoly either, and its not jupiter because jupiter appears as a little bright speck probably 20x smaller, and jupiter is not in the field of view right now.

Here it is yesterday:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c3/20110725/20110725_2342_c3_512.jpg

Any ideas or info would be helpful.

Thanks.


It's probably Elenin and it's going to crash into the sun and shoot up a giant super mega flare that will kill us all, just like you've always wanted.

Post more than just the pictures themselves. Post the exact site where you took them from and there's probably already an explanation given.
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#34
Jul 26 2011 12:18pm
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It's probably Elenin and it's going to crash into the sun and shoot up a giant super mega flare that will kill us all, just like you've always wanted.

Post more than just the pictures themselves. Post the exact site where you took them from and there's probably already an explanation given.


Well its posted on many sites, its constantly updating. Its NASA's SOHO lasco C3 Camera.
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Jul 26 2011 05:00pm
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Well its posted on many sites, its constantly updating. Its NASA's SOHO lasco C3 Camera.

So you're finding it on sites designed to freak people out and not from the actual NASA site? Let me know when you find it on NASA's website.
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#36
Jul 26 2011 05:21pm
That would be Venus, actually.
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Jul 26 2011 07:02pm
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So you're finding it on sites designed to freak people out and not from the actual NASA site? Let me know when you find it on NASA's website.


From Nasa.gov:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c3/20110727/20110727%5F0018%5Fc3%5F512.jpg



Quote (russian @ Jul 26 2011 04:21pm)
That would be Venus, actually.


You sure? Because venus usually appears much smaller. Like a tenth of the size.

Right now venus is pretty much behind the sun from our vantage point.

I'm really curious about this.

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Jul 26 2011 09:43pm
Quote (Torm1 @ Jul 26 2011 09:02pm)
From Nasa.gov:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c3/20110727/201107270018c3512.jpg

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPROCESSING/Completed/2011/c3/20110727/20110727_0018_c3_512.jpg


Did you really think I didn't look at the URL? C'mon, man... find the context of the picture. Where on NASA's site is that image sourced? They probably have either information describing what is in the picture, or at the very least, information about what the way that the picture was taken. That's obviously some sort of picture taken outside of the visible spectrum, but where is the camera that took the picture? Is it in orbit? Is it on Earth? Is it at one of the Legrangian points of the Earth-Sun system?

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#39
Jul 26 2011 10:06pm
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Did you really think I didn't look at the URL? C'mon, man... find the context of the picture. Where on NASA's site is that image sourced? They probably have either information describing what is in the picture, or at the very least, information about what the way that the picture was taken. That's obviously some sort of picture taken outside of the visible spectrum, but where is the camera that took the picture? Is it in orbit? Is it on Earth? Is it at one of the Legrangian points of the  Earth-Sun system?


They say dick all about it, here is the direct source from NASA:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/

I am however, leaning toward it being Venus. The camera is probably aligned so that venus is in full view (Although it does seem unusually bright and large) whereas the Earth is in a position where we can't see venus.

kind of like this:



Just weird that its so super bright.

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#40
Jul 27 2011 12:47am
Pretty sure Venus is the brightest object in the night sky. Don't see what's so weird about it.
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