I have been writing about Comet ISON news and sightings since last July. Six days away from perihelion on Thanksgiving Day, ISON is now hurtling towards its possibly fatal close encounter with the sun. If ISON does not disintegrate or plunge into the sun, we could be in for an amazing celestial spectacle in coming weeks.
Over the last few days, ISON has been visible to the naked eye and with binoculars in the early morning south-eastern skies, near Mercury and Spica, around 5:30 a.m. Over the next few days, the comet will be increasingly harder to spot, as ISON will be lower in the skies, washed out by twilight and a waxing moon.
If ISON survives perihelion, here is where you will be able to see the comet for the first couple of weeks of December:
Image credit: Sky & Telescope
Following is a collection of ISON images taken around the world over the last few days. Enjoy!
Image credit: J.C. Casado
ISON over Tenerife, Canary Islands
Image credit: Parks Squyres
ISON imaged from Saddlebrooke, AZ
Image credit: Eric Cardoso
ISON over Portugal
Image credit: Kouji Yamamoto
ISON imaged in Oita, Japan
Image credit: Jon Talbot
ISON over Ocean Springs, MS
Image credit: G. Rhemann
ISON imaged from Namibia, Africa
Image credit: Kouji Onishi
ISON as seen from Nagano, Japan
Image credit: Mike Broussard
ISON imaged from Maurice, LA
Image credit: Rogelio Andreo
ISON over the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Image credit: slate.com
See you on the flip side, ISON - Hopefully!
