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Comet Ison update November 16, 2013 9:11 am SteveS


Comet 2012 S1 ISON in outburst, seen on November 15, 2013. Credit and copyright: Damian Peach.

ISON’s tail is suddenly full of streamers and features not seen before in this comet. At less than two weeks to its close encounter with the Sun on November 28, only a short amount of time will tell us if Comet ISON is just beginning to show off its brightness or if it is beginning to break apart.
The views here are through good quality telescopes. It is just now becoming visible to the naked eye, looking like a faint smudge at about magnitude +5.5.

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So far it looks good for staying intact. Should be getting some images from SOHO around the 27th and get some signs of its condition as it makes its close pass around the sun.

  • Early morning viewing . . . by DanS 2013-11-16 16:40:42
    • And low on the horizon by SteveS 2013-11-17 07:55:21

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