The Comet Ison Frustration

                                          After Months of waiting on what we were told could be the "Comet of the Century", it seems some are starting to lose hope.C/2012 S1 Comet Ison has not managed to reach the magnitude that was expected at this point, and time is running out for it to brighten, as it inches closer to the Sun each day.Ison will reach the Sun on November 28th, and emerge in our evening skies on the 29th at sunset.I have read a few articles speculating that Comet Ison may not be able to reach naked eye magnitude at this point, which is disappointing, but there are still unknowns.
                                          Comets have been known to brighten unexpectedly,  as was the case with C/2012 X1 LINEAR in late October.Comet Linear brightened dramatically from what was previously expected, by a magnitude of 5.5.The result is a 100 fold increase in brightness of the object.There is also some speculation that Comet Ison may be breaking up, and could be gone sooner than we thought.Although this scenario would be unfortunate, the breaking up of a comet can cause a surge of brightness in some cases.Either of these scenarios could still happen, and could result in a brighter comet even if it is short term.We can only wait, and see.
                                           I have had my own frustrations with Comet Ison, or rather the weather causing a complete absence of Ison in my skies.On the night of Tuesday, November 5th, the weather cleared up a bit for some imaging, and I set out to do just that around 2am.I started with The Pleiades star cluster, taking a series of images to be stacked later.At around 3:30am I switched to a few different targets in the Orion Constellation.Comet Ison was due to be visible in my skies at 4:30am.Only ten minutes before I planned to switch over to Ison, a thick layer of cloud began to move in, and by the time Ison was visible the entire sky was lousy with clouds.Including this evening, I have not had a look at Comet Ison since November 25th.I did manage to get a few good images Tuesday, and have included them.As for Comet Ison, I can't wait to see what happens with it regardless of the outcome, as long as the weather allows my to be a witness to it.Here are the images from Tuesday Night.Thanks for reading.

                                           
                             M45 The Pleiades

                           NGC-2024 The Flame Nebula