Oh, and is it me, or, does anyone else think that 4 (FOUR!) comets that are all binocular objects (this is yea I KNEW that but Im just making things clear) which means that they can all be seen with binoculars or small backyard telescopes.... Does anyone else find this, not only excessive and foreboding, but just a bit of comet overkill???? Comet ISON is getting all the press, but its not even the brightest comet in its own patch of sky. That would be Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1), one of four comets now rising in the east before dawn: Exploding Comet LINEAR X1, sungrazing Comet ISON, short-period Comet Encke, and the brightest of them all, Comet Lovejoy. All four are visible in binoculars or backyard telescopes, and Comet Lovejoy (mag. +6.0) is visible to the naked eye from dark-sky sites. Comet ISON is actually one of the faintest of the group; only expanding Comet LINEAR X1 (mag. +8) is more difficult to see.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:54:51 +0000