Comet Ison was brighter than magnitude 5 on November 20 by my estimate, see photo

The comet clearly looks to be as bright or brighter than a nearby star which is magnitude 4.96.

See images for explanation.













As you can see Sky Safari's estimates are way less than the brightness of the comet for November 20, 2013. This means the comet will likely be even brighter than other estimates in the software, if we are able to see it it should be quite a site in the next few days.



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