Comet Ison

[leroycyclone]

I thought Comet Ison was a new football recruit. I was thinking now that is a cool name. Especially if he was a receiver or rb.

That name would definitely put him on the All-Name First Team squad for any sport.

[Bobber]

Here's a look at the 'brightness' of comets in recent history (Negative = Brighter)

Brightest comets in the last two-thirds century

Here's how the magnitude scale works.

The astronomical magnitude scale



Considering they are estimating the magnitude of this comet to be as bright if not brighter than the moon (-13 Magnitude) I would definitely consider this to be a once-in-a-lifetime event.

I remember Hale-bopp in the 90s... that was pretty darn cool. This one looks to knock the socks off that one in terms of brightness.

If this one beats Hale-bopp, that will truly be cool. Hale bopp is the brightest thing I've every seen in the night sky other than the moon. It really was something to see.