Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) streaks across the sky in the morning hours of Oct. 8, 2013. The image was captured by the 32-inch Schulman Telescope on Mt. Lemmon, near Tucson, Ariz.
That's a shame, I was even hoping to have an event at my house with friends to observe the comet in the morning. We'll see though, comets have made it past the sun and come out from perihelion much brighter than anticipated.
Image of ISON from yesterday morning next to a few galaxies, including NGC 3428 and NGC 3429. I used a Meade 20" RCX400 Max Mount for luminance and Televue NP101is for color data along with an STL-1001e on the 20" and ST-4000XCM on the Televue.
Mike Hankey of Monkton, Maryland took this photo of Comet ISON in outburst this morning Nov. 14. The tail now shows multiple streamers.
Credit: Mike Hankey
Use these little pictures to help you know what direction from the sun to look for Comet ISON between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. CST Thursday Nov. 28.
Comet ISON will be under constant view Nov. 27-30 in the SOHO coronagraph, an instrument that blocks the sun so scientists can study the near-solar environment. Credit: NASA/ESA