Massive Comet heading this way.............

And if the Sun decides to change its polarity just as the comet approaches will it sling shot it outwards and head for Earth ?
Could be a good show in the night sky coming up.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25129711

gosh that sounds so exciting.

I am going outside to dig a 'Comet shelter'.  

That looks very much like where i live.

They think its coming.....

http://news.sky.com/story/1174976/comet-ison-may-have-survived-brush-with-sun

I think I saw it first thing this morning!  About 5:30 am, very low in the sky, looking East, right next to Venus (I think). No, on second thoughts it was next to Mercury. So I DID see it! :-0

I will have a problem getting up 30 mins before sunrise but i might make the effort if i know there will be clear sky.

I thought it broke up and disintegrated .....

They think it survived.

I saw something early this morning in about the right place.

Lioned wrote:They think it survived.

I saw something early this morning in about the right place.

Lioned I'm sure I saw it, it was really bright. That, Mercury and the Moon were the only 3 things in the sky. I'm often up early to get the 6:35 train so I am quite familiar with the early morning sky, and this was new.

There are  3 Comets in the night sky at the moment.

Ison is the one we are talking about here which is getting. 'Slingshot' around the Sun.

Also Comet Brewington (quite a small one)

and Comet Lovejoy which is the brightest and can be seen early in the morning.

http://www.universetoday.com/106222/tracking-comet-c2013-r1-lovejoy-through-november/