ISON is just one of the 4 comets that are now visible in the sky, and not the brightest, writes spaceweather.com.
Comet ISON is currently receiving the entire press, but it even not the brightest comet on its own stretch of sky. Brilliance superior to Comet Lovejoy (C / 2013 R1), one of four comets, who are now rising in the east before dawn.
A photo from open sources In the photo, comets explode from left to right: LINEAR X1, ISON near-solar comet, short-period comet Enke, and the brightest of all, Comet Lovejoy. All four are visible in binoculars or a home telescope, and Comet Lovejoy (Mag. 6.0) is visible with the naked eye in dark areas of the sky. Comet ISON is actually one of the faintest in this group; only the increasing comet LINEAR X1 (Mag. +8) is harder to see. The appearance of so many comets at the same time is a very rare thing, and amateur astronomers are advised to get up early to commit a tour of the predawn sky. Of particular interest is the date November 15-18, when Comet LINEAR X1 passes by a bright star Arcturus, November 17-18, when comet ISON meets a star Spica, as well as November 18-20, when the comet Enke “buzzes” past Mercury These stars and planets create great landmarks for search for comets with the naked eye.
Meanwhile, the brightest comet Lovejoy is approaching at that moment to Ursa Major and if you cannot see her yours to the naked eye, a short scan of the sky with binoculars will open it to you.
The discovery of a new comet is reported on November 8, 2013. (discovery made at a value of ~ 16.9) G. Borisov. He introduced Three images taken with the CCD0.2-mf / 1.5 astrograph on November 6th. The new comet C / 2013 was named V2 (Borisov). Below confirmation by image.
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CBet Tel. 3695, issued Also November 8, 2013 reports the discovery of a new comet (discovery made at a value of ~ 15.1) Vitaly Nevsky. He received four images – Kislovodskaya observatory, Russia. The new comet C / 2013 was named V3 (NEVSKI ) Below is the image confirmation.
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