Interesting article, Tom. I just hope that there is something worth seeing. The good news is that ISON will be well-placed for the northern hemisphere. It will even be circumpolar for a while (remember Hyakutake?) so we will be able to see it in a truly dark sky, at a decent altitude, and won't be rushing around trying to get a peek before it sets shortly after twilight. That will come long after peak brightness, but anything can happen. Let's hope that it's large enough to resist being completely destroyed during closest approach to the sun. IIRC, it will get VERY close to the sun- only about 800,000 miles- before swinging back our way. On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Thomas Sevcik <sfv1ts@hotmail.com> wrote:

Interesting article I came across about what's already being hyped as the "Comet of the Century!" Sounds like the armada of space telescopes planned to observe ISON will make this one of the most space vehicle watched comets that I can recall. I just hope that the public will not become so desensitized by all the media coverage (mind-blowing images from Hubble for example) that they don't get outside and take a look for themselves.

http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/18/17361256-astronomers-gear-up-for...