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Re: Topband: topband: ISON's last days

To: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com>, <Gary@ka1j.com>, <Topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: topband: ISON's last days
From: "Bruce" <k1fz@myfairpoint.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 09:12:35 -0500
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Good chance it is Charlie, Not like a boat in water where the bow shock is bent behind somewhat, due to water drag resistance. Wondering if extreme heat caused a separation of water into hydrogen and oxygen caused a fire that was self consuming as ISON went away. It did appear much brighter.

Maybe, NASA will have a chance to verify these theories, if cost effective !

73
Bruce-K1FZ
www.qsl.net/k1fz/beveragenotes.html


I noted that, too Bruce and wondered if that could be the "bow-shock" of the
comet interacting with the solar wind?

73,
Charlie, K4OTV


Sounds correct Gary.  As the comet approaches the sun, there seems to be
something going off the front at right angles to the direction of travel.
Anyway if oxygen starved, with the extreme temperature, could it cause
something like a small backdraft ?  a firefighters term.
Low band DX is very much controlled by our sun.

73
Bruce-K1FZ


Just a guess but from what I remember from far too many years of
college in a mostly unrelated subject; I'd be surprised if there's
any oxygen in there at all, I'd think the gist of the sun is just
plasma with Hydrogen & Helium being the food source.

I am just guessing here...

Gary
KA1J

I started wondering if the break down of  Ison's water into Hydrogen
and
oxygen had prompted the increased sun activity. Maybe the amount is
too
small, but just how much oxygen does the sun have?

73
Bruce-K1FZ


----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <VE7SL@shaw.ca>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: ISON's last days


>> Interesting NASA video - Ison rounds the sun in slow motion, then
>> presented in fast motion.
>>
http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2013/12/02/ison_anim.gif
>

> It almost looks like that ill-timed CME blast might have done it
in?
> WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook":  http://members.shaw.ca/ve7sl

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