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Old 15-11-2013, 04:50 AM
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ISON outburst

Comet Lovejoy was larger and fainter than Comet ISON this morning in my 16" scope.
They both have faint tails about 30' long.
ISON looked like 47 Tuc but seemed to be brighter than the GC.
Both comets are easy objects in a 50mm finder.
I also saw the shadow of Callisto on Jupiter this morning.

More ISON info at http://www.mattastro.com/ison/
Nov 14, 12.2 UT: Comet is definitely in "outburst"! It should be naked eye visible NOW! http://brucegary.net/ISON/
Mag and Diam http://www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/CometMags.html#2012S1

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