Amazing Comet ISON is coming...

Tony Paulsen

Tony Paulsen

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Do you guys know about comet ISON that's gonna light up the sky later this year? If not, have no fear, because it's going to be an awesome sight for everyone to see! At some point it's going to be so bright that it will be visible during the day other than the fact that it's going to be visible for a couple of months. Can't wait!
 
This isn't another Deep Impact or Armageddon thing is it? :eek: If not, this is going to be awesome! :)

Any links to this?
 
Did a quick search to read a bit more about it, here's what I looked through.

What astronomers do know, according to Dundee, include:
Comet ISON will cross the orbit of Mars on Oct. 1. By then, we will have a good idea of how bright it will get, according to Dundee.
By Nov. 1, ISON might be bright enough to see in small telescopes and perhaps binoculars. It will be a predawn object low in the east.
Nov. 27, it will pass within 700,000 miles of the surface of the sun. At that point, temperatures will increase to about 5,800 degrees, hot enough to melt steel. (Remember comets are basically a snow ball of frozen gas).
If the comet survives its encounter with the sun, we may be treated to a beautiful comet in mid-December. The best views would be before dawn in the eastern sky.
But ISON might fizzle, be dim or be destroyed when it encounters the sun.
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Extra link:
News24
 
I heard about this from a friend a few months ago.

Lets see if it happens.
 
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