[Chaos-l] super bright comet

[Allen Davis]

Yes,,, this is the sort of thing that is really exciting.  Sounds like the
"full moon" brightness might be relatively brief if it happens.  Comet
Ikeya-Seki reached magnitude -10 when it was in the daylight sky near the
sun and was visible in the sky next to the sun.  Wonder what that was like?

Thanks for the news.  allen

-----Original Message-----
From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On
Behalf Of Michael Hrivnak
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:56 PM
To: chaos-l
Subject: [Chaos-l] super bright comet

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120927-new-comet-2012-s1-iso
n-science-space-moon/

Early predictions say that in late 2013, this comet could be brighter in the
night sky than the full moon and possibly visible during the day. Sounds
very exciting, although I can't help but think of how it could ruin deep-sky
observing for an extended period.

Michael
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