In 1965, sungrazing Comet Ikeya-Seki became as bright as a 1st quarter moon. Unfortunately, Battams said the chances of the comet surviving its close passage of the Sun are extremely low ...

The comet has not been formally named but has ... One notable sungrazer is Ikeya–Seki (C/1965 S1), which had a magnitude of ...

As the newly discovered Ikeya-Seki comet makes its rendezvous with the sun, it will curve high above the northern sky in one of the most spectacular celestial shows of the century. In the U.S ...