Comet ISON
 

Come on baby hold it together!

Tomorrow (Thanksgiving day) Comet ISON will loop around the Sun. If it survives this close encounter we have at least a shot for "Comet of the Century".

I'll be waiting breathlessly for updates.

I've been following along with NASA on this. Love the flyby simulation ap so you can see just how quickly it will whip around the sun. I'll be watching the play by play tomorrow as well as I'm betting she won't make it

This is the one that should be so bright it's visible in the daytime sky (if it survives the solar winds), right?

I picked a good time to decide to give Theo a telescope for Hannukah :)

Yes, however "should" is a strong word for now. "Potential to be" is better.

Here is a quick where to look gif.

For anyone else that wants to watch the play-by-play with commertary, you can find it here on the Comet ISON Google+ Hangout tomorrow.

It may be too cloudy to see much from here. :(

Cloudy or not, today isn't the day to see anything as a casual observer. Today it's going to be going past the sun...you really shouldn't be looking at it. Best way to observe it today is via the official observatory feeds Moonie linked to.

IF it survive's today's encounter with the sun, then it may be observable through December.

Nooooooo!!!

Early indications are that ISON did not survive it's sun-dive. Looks like we get a big bunch of smeared out ice and dust.

*sad*

Eh too bad, but a fun way to spend Thanksgiving morning watching scientists speculate