Thursday, October 10, 2013

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

28 Nov 2013 Grand Finale




05 Nov 2013




06 Oct 2013





29 Sept 2013



10 Feb 2013

The comet photographed here in the center of the image at the magnitude of +15 shows small tail. 
Located slightly about the orbit of Jupiter at a distance of 4 AU from Earth it is projected to become extremely bright in November. Let's hope it will!





12 Dec 2012
C/2012 S1 (ISON) is expected to become one of the greatest comets of this century. Discovered by Russian astronomers Vitaly Nevsky and Artem Novichonok on September 21, 2012 as 18th magnitude object, this comet is currently approximately +16.5m and is located above the ecliptic plane roughly as far as Jupiter from Sun . This image clearly shows its non-stellar appearance.