Topband: topband: ISON's last days

[Bruce]

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 at shaw.ca>
>>> To: <topband at 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