Year of the Comet?

[Spaced]

Seems like 2013 will be an excellent year for comet watching, with 3 possible naked eye comets, including one which might be brighter than the moon!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-5756...nerations/

[Parsons]

The one comet might be so bright it will be visible with the naked eye in broad daylight.

[Spaced]

here's a cool video, two comets in one shot

http://vimeo.com/59571509

[reeay]

Comet making closest approach ever of Earth


Says: CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A recently discovered comet is closer than it's ever been to Earth, and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere finally get to see it.

Called Pan-STARRS, the comet passed within 100 million miles of Earth on Tuesday, its closest approach in its first-ever cruise through the inner solar system. The ice ball will get even nearer the sun this weekend — just 28 million miles from the sun and within the orbit of Mercury.
The comet has been visible for weeks from the Southern Hemisphere. Now the top half of the world gets a glimpse as well.

The best viewing days should be next Tuesday and Wednesday, when Pan-STARRS appears next to a crescent moon at dusk in the western sky. Until then, glare from the sun will obscure the comet.

[Jeremy]

Is that an actual picture from the Southern Hemisphere? If so, that's absolutely amazing

[reeay]

Yep that was in New Zealand (actual comet we may see soon)

[Spaced]

Here's a cool video of PanSTARRS dodging a couple coronal mass ejections:

[Ankh]

Wow! The sun got really lively when it passed it! O_o

[Parsons]

Damn, I keep missing it! I either forget to look for it right after dark or its too cloudy out when I do remember!