Anyone following this ball of ice? God I hope it survives perihelion today, so that I can finally see another comet that could rival Halley's Comet, Hale-Bopp, and Hyukatake. Last couple of bright comets seemed like they were only visible in the Southern Hemisphere (which has a way better sky than we northerners get anyways
). I still remember Hale-Boop being visible with a huge tail that that could be seen stepping out in the backyard even at 11PM after it swung around the Sun, and by 2-3 AM after driving out of town the tail took up half my field of vision. Can't wait to see if NASA has any more info on it when they do thier ISON Google hangout at 1PM Eastern.
WATCH LIVE THURSDAY: Comet ISON Buzzes the Sun - NASA Webcast @ 1 p.m. ET | Space.com
I managed to catch Pan-STARRS last year, which was cool but nowhere near as impressive to see as Halley's Comet, Hale-Bopp, and Hyukatake were.