Remember to Watch for the Size AND Magnitude (brightness) of the Comet Coming in 2013!
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Happening only once per decade, the comet coming in 2013 is not your average, “every year” comet.
Astronomers have discovered a new comet coming in 2013 called C/2012 S1 ISON that is expected to be seen at its brightest in November 2013. While some comets in the past did not live up to their billing, this one is expected to be much brighter than a full moon.
Comets come from beyond Neptune in an area of small ice bodies. They are dusty balls of ice, rocks and chemicals and as they heat up they explode and can have tails that are hundreds of thousands of kilometers long. Comets are known as ‘dirty snowballs’, but technically ‘snowy dirtballs’ would be a better name.
Sometimes, a comet gets thrown off its orbit and that’s when it falls in to the inner solar system. This is when we get to see them. Asteroids are different from comets because they are made of metal or rock, and are usually the left over fragments of planets and moons.
Enjoy this informative YouTube video about this particular comet:
Comets are not really reflective – they only reflect 4% of the Sun’s light, about the same as coal. Even though they look really white from Earth, they are actually black on their surface.
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The comet coming in 2013 is expected to be visible by binoculars starting in late summer 2013 and by the naked eye in early November through mid-January 2014.
People in the northern hemisphere will get the best view. The most optimistic predictions about the comet coming in 2013 are saying it could be bright enough to be seen during the day when it is nearest the sun and will be one of the greatest comets in history, even outshining the famous Hale-Bopp Comet.
It is easy to see understand how people in ancient times often thought comets were a sign from the gods or some kind of supernatural occurrence. They didn’t have the advantage of telescopes and scientific research that we have today.
Although there is much ado about the comet coming in 2013, about once a year there is some comet that is bright enough to be seen unaided if you know where to look in the night sky and if you have a dark spot to be in. But a Great Comet such as the C/2012 S1 ISON is rare, maybe only appearing on average once a decade.
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