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A Sungrazing comet, a member of the Kreutz sungrazer family, has plunged towards the sun and disintegrated. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) managed to capture the comets as it passed through its field of view. [url=http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/536167151_8d2aa611eb_...

A sungrazing comet discovered by comet hunter A. Watson, is making a close approach to the Sun. Expand (99kb, 560 x 560) Credit SOHO

A new Kreutz sungrazing comet has been discovered in images taken by the SOHO satellite.

The STEREO-A spacecraft has discovered a sungrazer comet. Credit SOHO/MDI

A Kreutz group comet was discovered in real time SOHO C2 images on the 6th July, 2010.

A Kreutz orbital group sungrazer comet, SOHO 1932, has been discovered by Bo Zhou (China) in SOHO C3 chronagraph images. Credit SOHO

The sun has just experienced a storm - not of explosive flares and hot plasma, but of icy comets. "The storm began on Dec 13th and ended on the 22nd. During that time, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) detected 25 comets diving into the sun. It was crazy!" - Karl Battams of the Nav...

A Kreutz group Sungrazer comet was discovered by Sergey Shurpakov on the 9th May, 2011. Expand (463kb, 1024 x 1024) Credit NASA/SOHO

CME with a Bonus O Sol desencadeou uma ejeção de massa coronal (CME) de bom tamanho, que ejetou-se para o espaço (20-21 maio de 2011), como a espaçonave STEREO (adiante) observou. Logo depois, como um bônus visual, um cometa surgiu (da direi...

A Kreutz group Sungrazer comet was discovered on the 5th June, 2011. Expand (705kb, 1024 x 1024) Credit NASA/SOHO Live image

A bright sungrazer comet has entered the field of view of the C3 instrument of the SOHO satellite. The comet belongs to the Kreutz orbital group. Expand (137kb, 560 x 560) Credit: SOHO/MDI Real time image (794kb, 1024 x 1024) Ed ~ Correct image uploaded

A Sungrazer comet was discovered by T. Lovejoy in images taken by the Soho satellite.TLc001 Perihelion 2011 Dec 16.004031 TT; Constraint: e=1 Epoch 2011 Dec 2.0 TT = JDT 2455897.5 Earth MOID: 0.5976 q857339.479km (2000.0) P Q H 14.5 G 0.15 Peri. 38.49278 0.14512498 -0.68739520 Node 302.78125 -0.9...

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A bright sungrazer comet has entered the field of view of the C3 instrument of the SOHO satellite. The comet belongs to the Kreutz orbital group. Expand (137kb, 560 x 560) Credit: SOHO/MDI Real time image (794kb, 1024 x 1024) Ed ~ Correct image uploaded
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