I am really looking forward to seeing comet ISON and am really hoping it doesnt break up or fizzle out. Of course I'm also hoping that it doesnt bring out the dooms day cult nuts and if it does, at best they are only mildly disappointed when the World doesnt come to an end or that they only off themselves and not anyone else.
And kudos to you for getting your niece a telescope for Christmas. If only I had had a really cool uncle like you : )
I’m intrigued with there being a literally green comet. I’ve seen green meteors before, and I’ve read historical accounts of a red one, but a green comet is a new one on me.
It’s really too bad that this green comet Lemmon is not the bright one, wouldn’t that be a sight, a tremendous glowing lime green streak across the sky? But then again, the believed source(s) of the green coloration are highly toxic, so on second thought, maybe it’s for the best that it’s more at a distance.
Some phenomenon in Florida area this evening resembling a “meteor shower” according to tweets flying around.