Bah.

Looks like comet ISON, probably the best chance for a *good* comet in my lifetime, blew itself to evaporative bits as it rounded the sun today. There might be a spray of gravel along its orbit, but it looks like all the good stuff got expended at perihelion.

Bah.

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UPDATE: There may be some hope.

[youtube RyaZ_mDfLh0]

FURTHER UPDATE:

Comet Ison destroyed in Sun passage

BAH.