Comet ISON

migtig

aka Mrs. Giant
Since it's supposed to be spectacular...I figured I'd start a tread to keep track of the updates on it.

If you don't know about ISON, it is going to swing by us on earth, and is expected to be so bright that it will light up the night sky, on its' way to an explosive (or not) demise in the Sun in November.

The experts are calling it the comet of the century!

NASA Page on it
Comet ISON Meteor Shower - NASA Science

and the page for the observing campaign on the comet - maybe you can help out!
SOHO and STEREO Sungrazing Comets

Hubble has captured a picture of it.
Hubble's first photo of potentially spectacular Comet ISON - latimes.com
 

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migtig

aka Mrs. Giant
They say the dust from the comet will be hitting out atmosphere, but we may not notice - or it could be quite dramatic complete with meteorids...they just don't seem to be too sure yet.

How to track the comet through our night sky.
C/2012 S1 ( ISON )
 
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