By Sarah Griffiths PUBLISHED: 08:14 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 08:14 EST, 18 October 2013 There were fears that an eagerly anticipated comet thought to be 15 times brighter than the moon had broken up, leaving skywatchers who had hoped to spot it from Earth disappointed. But a new Hubble Telescope photo has confirmed that the fragile icy ball appears to be intact and is on track to visit our inner solar system from November to January. It is hoped that Comet ISON, which is making a precarious path around the sun, will put on a spectacular show for people who live in the Northern hemisphere.
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There were fears that Comet ISON, which promised to be visible from Earth in broad daylight later this year, had fizzled out
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But an image from the Hubble Telescope has confirmed the nucleus of the comet is intact and the icy body is on course
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Astronomers are optimistic the comet will survive its transit 730,000 miles from the sun, as its nucleus is estimated to measure up to 1.2 miles across
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