Picture of the Day

An image taken by the SOHO Sun-observing satellite (Lasco 3) on Sept. 18th 2015 at 19.42.

Reader Comments

stephenwramsden · 2015-09-21T22:00:21Z

completely and utterly fake

As if this website isn't wacko enough, the least you could do would be to try and validate one of your stories every once in a while.

The data from this NASA probe is available to anyone any time on the internet through a variety of portals. The actual image from that day and time shows no comet and no tail wrapping around the Sun.
If there were a comet this massive wrapping itself around the Sun, don't you think someone other than this conspiracy nut would have seen it or taken note?
The anti-science, nut job elements in our society are troubling to say the least.

I know, I know...NASA covered it up after this wacko noticed it so as not to give away the secrets...lol

Jeebus, what a stupid article..

Baybars · 2015-09-21T22:27:58Z

I agree and it does not help anyone except the dis-information troll who created the image. I have not found any other reference to this on NASA or from any other source.

HashAttack2 · 2015-09-22T08:33:41Z

[Link]

Why do you say "The actual image from that day and time shows no comet and no tail wrapping around the Sun"
The link is where you end up if you muddle through SOHO Real Time GIF Movies on NASA.GOV

The object passed around the sun at 19:42 on 18/09/2015

stephenwramsden · 2015-09-22T10:55:32Z

well, since i cant delete the above comment for whatever reason, I must apologize for saying that this isn't there. I was looking at data from 09:42 instead of 19:42 on the 18th.

The picture is indeed authentic, and from NASA SOHO. However, I stand by the comments that if this was anything other than a charged particle bouncing off the nosepiece of the camera then there would have been a little more notice taken by astronomers and others that monitor these probes.

SOHO orbits the Earth Sun LaGrange point about a million miles from Earth. If that was an object coming around the Sun and passing through the field of view, it's tail would have been several hundred times the size of our Sun and would have been obviously visible to us. not to mention that the head itself would have been larger than the Earth.

My apologies to the authors for stating wrong facts about the image's authenticity however this is still a conspiracy nut video with no basis in fact.

Niall · 2015-09-22T14:29:07Z

"My apologies to the authors for stating wrong facts about the image's authenticity however this is still a conspiracy nut video with no basis in fact."

What video? And what basis in fact are you disputing? The image appeared in SOHO's published images from that day, yes? So if you have an issue with it, take it up with NASA!

Sheesh, talk about massacring the messenger.

Baybars · 2015-09-23T01:47:57Z

Ok, ok, I will muddle around some more...

astera · 2015-09-22T08:03:40Z

Apply some knowledge....

We all know that comets' tails always point away from the sun. In this photo, there is no angle that would allow for what is seen to indicate that that this "fake comet's" tail is pointing away from the sun.

Nice photo, but it is clearly manufactured.

Niall · 2015-09-22T14:30:21Z

"Nice photo, but it is clearly manufactured."

Oh yeh, by whom? NASA?

Why?

Follow your idea through with some rational explanation.

IcelandEyes · 2015-09-22T11:26:27Z

why the hostility?

this image is not claiming to be anything more than the "Picture of the Day," is it?

relax and chill out everyone. nothing to fight here, all's good : )

Baybars · 2015-09-23T01:52:36Z

We are not hostile, just opinionated. Most, if not every comet that I have ever seen around the sun has its tail pushed away from the sun and the tail is not as visible as this one. This picture goes against all that we amature astronomers know and it is freaking us out to no end that nobody else on the internet considers this newsworthy!!!

jonathan2020 · 2015-09-22T15:33:38Z

The picture is of a

whiff of hot air and indignation by anyone Terra based who gets upset at an image taken on location millions of miles away, at a cost of trillions of dollars and declares it is
a) fake
b) photoshopped
c) WTF

When all it is is the Universe, precisely this solar system, going through its normal, day to day, eon to eon process of not giving a F*** what any atom on Terra is conjuring up or guessing at.

Whooosh! there goes another one, ah where's the cat chasing them when you need it?. They seem to be having soooo much fun. Upload to Universal Tube, anyone?

Baybars · 2015-09-23T01:46:58Z

Niall

I'm still looking for the image and I don't doubt that I may yet find it but why is this not reported anywhere else? This is the strangest body I've ever seen this close to the sun and as Astera points out, the tail should be forced away from the sun!!!
I did not mean to shoot the messenger.

HashAttack2 · 2015-09-23T17:14:33Z

See me link earlier - to the NASA site - image at 19:42
[Link]

You can step through the vid one frame at a time but the images are about 15 minutes apart
The exposure time for C3 is 19 seconds

Given the size it is more likely to be something nearer the camera but I wouldn't say a charged particle

Depending on what you believe it, if you flew past in a space ship wouldn't you swing back to have a look at the camera?

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