Comet 2012-S1 (ISON)

[Agent : Orange]

Some interesting speculation on Comet ISON, which was recently discovered heading toward the Sun from between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Estimates have been thrown around that there is a potential for this object to become quite bright, even around magnitude -12, which is about the brightness of the full moon. Some less conservative estimates put it even brighter, but it is within the realm of possibility that this object will be visible during the day. The date of closest approach is November 28 2013, so maybe next year will give us quite a dramatic autumn. Keeping my fingers crossed that this one doesn't fizzle as some of the other recent comets have.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120927-new-comet-2012-s1-ison-science-space-moon/
http://www.universetoday.com/97578/guest-post-comet-kerfuffle/#more-97578

[Juan]

Maybe this time the UFO trailing it won't cloak the brightness.

[ziznak]

I still have my pair of Nike Decades from my embarrassing failure to follow through when I was part of heavens gate.  I'm not missing my ride this time!

Commeth the hour, commeth the mother ship.

All joking aside, I guess we're going to have every 2012 doomsday guest back to explain how this fits whatever theory they wrote about.