Sudden outburst of Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

Sudden outburst of Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)

Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) suddenly brightened some 150 times than expected. Althoug it was predicted to be 14th magnitude, it is extremely bright as 8.5 magnitude now. Hidetaka Sato and Seiichi Yoshida measured it brightness on October 20, 2013 as magnitude 8,5. Ernesto

Timelapse views of Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)

Timelapse views of Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)

Mark Behrendt,  Cory Schmitz and Mike Rector created series of time lapses showing the Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) on January 4/5.  The three timelapses were stitched together by Cory Schmitz into the composite video.Comet LINEAR is visible in the sky for the