The 21/12/2012 had nothing to do with the end of the world, it was to do with a conscious awakening, popular culture made it into a Doomsday date

Sounds like a fun event to take our our telescopes. Will we be able to see it with the naked eye or will it be too far?

Yep, it was from a novel about the end of the world that someone wrote in the 80's that used the date and the mayas.

The egyptian calendar also marks 2012 as a year of significance not just the mayan, they had many calendars

It might be 15x brighter but will it actually cast shadows at night? It's probably still only a bright pinprick, while the moon is quite large.

So November 2013, the launch of Xbox comet.

Really?

Well, both civilizations had very good astronomers so maybe the 2012 thing is some kind of astronomical event that could be important for their believings but that it is only a curiosity for us.

But even then it's a curious coincidence.

It will be 15x brighter than the moon and visible during the day, let alone at night. It will make the nights bright.

The moon itself casts very defined and noticeble shadows at night, you'll notice if you go to an area with low artificial illumination.

If you mean in a city, then I don't know but 15x is a lot, I'm guessing you should see shadows unless you're close to a street light.

Think the mayans also believe time is cyclical and not linear, they had different ages on the Mayan calendar to Mark this which ties in with consciousness, like dark age Upto the golden age, the golden age started when the sun entered the age of Aquarius which I believe was in 2011

Yeah, but what I'm wondering, is the 15x the value after the distance is considered? Because it can be 15x brighter, but 15x farther too, making it dimmer. Then if it's smaller like Svenno is saying, it makes it even less visible.