{"id":5237,"date":"2013-11-10T16:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2021-10-02T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:37:21","slug":"comet-ison-starting-to-light-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5237","title":{"rendered":"Comet ISON starting to light up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Comet ISON<\/a> is brightening up enough to see it with binoculars:\u00a0Spaceweather.com – Nov.9.13<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

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COMET ISON NOW A BINOCULAR OBJECT<\/strong>:\u00a0Comet ISON is brightening as it approaches the sun. Multiple observers now report that it is a binocular object. “I finally saw Comet ISON for the first time using small binoculars!” says pilot Brian Whittaker<\/a>. He was flying 38,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea on Nov. 8th when he took this picture showing where to look:<\/p>\n

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“It was faint, but is predicted to brighten and move each day,” he adds. “Exciting! “<\/p>\n

“I have made my first confirmed binocular sighting of C\/2012 S1 ISON as well,” reports Pete Lawrence of Selsey UK on Nov. 9th. “ISON’s head appears small and stellar through a pair of 15x70s optics.”<\/p>\n

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Comet ISON is brightening up enough to see it with binoculars:\u00a0Spaceweather.com – Nov.9.13\u00a0– COMET ISON NOW A BINOCULAR OBJECT:\u00a0Comet ISON is brightening as it approaches the sun. Multiple observers now report that it is a binocular object. “I finally saw Comet ISON for the first time using small binoculars!” says pilot Brian Whittaker. 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