If we’re lucky, this comet may turn out to be one of the more amazing sky phenomena witnessed in the last few *generations* on Earth. Everything depends on how much of this comet gets vaporized by the Sun…
„By late November, Comet Ison will be visible to the unaided eye just after dark in the same direction as the setting Sun. Its tail could stretch like a searchlight into the sky above the horizon. Then it will swing rapidly around the Sun, passing within two million miles of it, far closer than any planet ever does, to emerge visible in the evening sky heading northward towards the pole star. It could be an „unaided eye” object for month.”
Canton is the fellow who updates your astronomy calendar (full moons, equinoxes, etc.) from his laptop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s his birthday today!
The astronomy calendar is an effort of love and no reciprocity is needed or expected, but if you’d like to say thank you for his efforts, then please visit:
http://cantonbecker.com/astronomy-calendar/credits.html