Nat Geo: 7 Sky Events This Week: Double Comet Flybys and Lunar Encounters

Lots going on in the skies above us this week!!!!!!!
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7 Sky Events This Week: Double Comet Flybys and Lunar Encounters
Posted by Andrew Fazekas in StarStruck on November 18, 2013

Comet ISON Brightens. Late last week Comet ISON began to wake up and now shines ten times brighter than it did just a week earlier. At magnitude 5.5 it has finally reached naked-eye levels from dark locations, according to observers around the world. (The lower the magnitude number, the brighter the object.) Even so, watching the phenomenon with binoculars and telescopes is the best way to witness this celestial body. (See also: “New Comet Discovered—May Become ‘One of Brightest in History.’”)

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[link to newswatch.nationalgeographic.com]