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Title: 'Comet Of The Century' Is Coming, And Here's Where You Can See It (INFOGRAPHIC)
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 19, 2013, 09:45:02 pm

'Comet Of The Century' Is Coming, And Here's Where You Can See It (INFOGRAPHIC)
The Huffington Post  |  By Macrina Cooper-White    |     Posted: 11/18/13 EST  |  Updated: 11/18/13 EST



Grab your binoculars, stargazers. Touted as the "comet of the century," Comet ISON is in full "outburst mode," having brightened dramatically over the course of a few days. It's now visible to the naked eye, according to amateur astronomers.

Less than two weeks away from a Nov. 28 perihelion -- the comet's close graze past the surface of the sun -- ISON is streaking through the constellation of Virgo. As it continues along its course, this is the journey ahead -- if it survives its upcoming solar flyby.


(http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/ISONCometA-Proof_10.gif)
Infographic by Troy Dunham for the Huffington Post. Illustrations by Kurt Smith.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/comet-ison-infographic_n_4276897.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/18/comet-ison-infographic_n_4276897.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)