Comet ISON on Nov. 9th (IMAGE)

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

Comet ISON on Nov. 9th

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This animation combines two photos of Comet ISON taken about a half hour apart on the morning of Nov. 9. At the time, ISON was traveling through the solar system at a speed of about 120,000 miles per hour. ISON will make a close approach to the sun on Nov. 28, and might become spectacularly bright in the days immediately following perihelion.

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B. Mellin/MicroObservatory

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