Comet ISON shines brightly in this image taken on the morning of Nov. 19, 2013. This is a 10-second exposure taken with the Marshall Space Flight Center 20" telescope in New Mexico. The camera there is black and white, but the smaller field of view allows for a better "zoom in" on the comet's coma, which is essentially the head of the comet.
Image credit: NASA/MSFC/MEO/Cameron McCarty
Comet to zip across night sky on New Year’s Eve
Even if it’s going to be a little chilly on New Year’s Eve, you may want to grab your binoculars and step outside for a while. A small comet that travels across our solar system every five years will be zipping through the sky in the Earth’s general neighborhood and should be visible after sunset on…
