APOD 2.1

1996; the year the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl, the year I was born, but most importantly the year the ever so amazing Hale-Bopp Comet began it's transit across the sky. The bluish-white comet was it's brightest from May of 1996 to Seprember of the next year. It's next expected pass through the Earth's sky is near the year 4380. Don't fret because there are other comets to see in the next century. On the 28th of November, Comet ISON will reach perihelion around the Sun and will be visble by us on Earth. It is expected to be the brightest comet ever seen in human history, but some astronomers have their doubts. Halley's Comet, another very famous comet, will reach it's perihelion in July of the year 2061. Both of these upcoming comets I plan on observing and having a life changing experience like the two boys in the photo that I selected for today's APOD.