Thursday, November 14, 2013

Two Tailed Comet ISON Undergoes an Outburst

Hey Space Placers!

Comet ISON is getting closer every hour to the Sun and the fateful Thanksgiving closest approach. The comet has now sprouted two tails as you can see in this photo taken on Nov. 10th by amateur astronomer Michael Jäger of Jauerling Austria


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Only time will tell what Comet ISON will do - read more about here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/

The comet had an outburst to where it is now on the threshold of becoming visible to the unaided eye: http://spaceweather.com

Sky Guy on the way to Tenerife, Canary Islands

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