Comet Plunges Into the Sun But! Hope For Comet ISON

On October 10th, 2013 a comet, smaller than the fast approaching comet ISON, fly's by the Sun and plunges into it. Moments later, a large solar flare protrudes from the Sun. Astronomers from NASA believe that the solar flare was too large to be created by such a small comet. Rumor has it that ISON crashed into the Sun shortly after the first comet, which is the large flare we see in the video shown below. Some sources say that astronomers are very bad at tracking comets moving around out there. But! I have uncovered more sources that say that comet ISON is still out there and is still flying its course towards the Sun, and on time with our predictions I might add. Comet ISON is said to fly within 730,000 miles of the Sun's surface in November and then fly by the Earth in December and given the comet's trajectory, it seems like it will have a successful slingshot around the Sun and become brighter in Earth's skies in December. (That is if the Sun does not rip it apart). Do not worry though, the sources I have read state that the comet is big enough to make it around the Sun and if any disruption occurs the remnants are still going to be large enough to have a spectacular recover and come in to view after the slingshot around the Sun.

                                                         Where is comet ISON now?

It has been really rainy in my region for the past few weeks now. I cannot keep up with comet ISON myself so I have to rely on what the predictions astronomers have come up with for the September/October positioning. It is believed that ISON is passing in front of the constellation Leo as we speak and will be heading past Leo's brightest star Regulus. In late November the comet will be at its closest point to the sun, around 800,000 miles (1.2 million Km), from the Sun. This is where it is believed comet ISON will meet its end. 3 weeks before this day, Nov. 28th, it is believed that ISON can be seen with the unaided eye.

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