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The comet of the century ??

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...7_71200788.jpg

Some people seem to think so. While others suggest it won't survive it's trip past the Sun.

Coming soon to a sky near you:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25052236

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If we're lucky, then in just a few days' time we could witness one of the most spectacular sights in the night sky for a generation or more.

Astronomers hope that on 3 December a comet will appear on the eastern horizon - Comet Ison.

For the whole month of December, millions of people across the northern hemisphere should be able to see its tail, which is several millions of kilometres long, stretching across the dawn sky.

Ison has come from the Oort cloud, a belt of comets on the very edge of the Solar System, where it has been for the last 4.6 billion years.

What makes Ison so special is that it is a "sungrazer". Many comets pass through the Solar System every decade, but very few go through the corona of the Sun. Ison will do just that.

Any GFY'ers have the telescopes out for this one ?? :upsidedow

I don't have a telescope but I would like to see it. I hear it's going to be visible during the day, the only comet for 400 years that would be.
Been thinking about getting up early for the past few days but can't really be bothered yet. It's supposed yo get brighter as we move towards Christmas.

If it makes it past the sun, which seems unlikely, then yeah it'll get to it's closest point to Earth on Dec 26th then move away again. It should be naked-eye visible for 3 more days but so near to the sun that you need to be careful trying to see it.

I'm going to be getting up just before dawn wednesday and thursday to see if I can see it.... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it survives perihelion, but I'm not counting on it...

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i hope it will survive the sun!

Awesome. Looking forward to seeing this.

that hale bopp comet was visible to the naked eye for MONTHS.. i don't see how this one could be brighter than that..

is it hype?

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Originally Posted by PR_Glen (Post 19885286)

that hale bopp comet was visible to the naked eye for MONTHS.. i don't see how this one could be brighter than that..

is it hype?

More than likely.

Hale Bopp was visable for 18 months apparently. Which is just insane...