It’s been an exciting time for those of us who like to keep our eyes on the sky. We have seen new developments on Mars, large asteroids get uncomfortably close to our planet, discovered distant planets that are in the habitable zone, and now a newly discovered comet, ISON may give us quite a show in the last few months of 2013.
As the comet gets closer to Earth it could become one of the brightest objects in the night sky, possibly even brighter than the Moon. Some say that ISON could possibly be visible during the day. This would be one of the brightest comets to appear in Earth’s sky in many generations, if it can hold together. There is a chance that as the comet gets closer to the Sun, it may break up and be much less spectacular. The comet will pass within a solar diameter from the Sun in November of 2013.
Hopefully the comet will hold together allowing us to see a good show.