ISON was discovered by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok in September 2012. It's named after their night-sky survey program, the International Scientific Optical Network.

Some early comet prognosticators -- and reporters -- have tagged ISON "the Comet of Century." But Yeomans isn't buying it just yet. He remembers being duped by another comet with that same moniker. In 1973, Kohoutek was hyped, too, and it fizzled.

"Predicting the behavior of comets is like predicting the behavior of cats -- can't really be done," he said.

So here is the hype on ISON: On November 28, it is expected to dive into the sun's atmosphere. If it survives, it might glow as brightly as the moon and be briefly visible in daylight. Its tail might stretch far across the night sky.

Battams is optimistic, but he said we won't know until late summer what to expect from ISON.

"I'll be surprised if we don't have a bright comet this fall and/or winter, but it's still just too early to speculate," he said.


Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/science_tech/pan-starrs-comet-ison-2013-times-dates-and-locations-how-to-best-see-this-years-comets#ixzz2OUCP6lPR

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While Ison is out of our sight, (BEHIND THE SUN) in mid July, it will be passing through the asteroid belt. That is the only time we can't be monitoring the comet. Anything can happen there. It could hit something and its course changed. It is coming pretty close to Mars (a couple million miles) and if it changes course and hits Mars no telling what else can happen.

Suspicious Observers is requesting Nasa to watch Ison closely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ReJTXU6X8