  We report results of intensive time-resolved imaging photometry and synoptic
deep imaging of the comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) performed in February 2013. The data
were obtained at the Wise Observatory in Israel (WO), at the Himalayan Chandra
Telescope (HCT) in India, and at the Polaris Observatory Association in
California, USA. During this period, the comet's heliocentric distance changed
from 4.9 to 4.6 AU, just within the orbit of Jupiter. We analyze these early
images in an attempt to determine the nuclear rotation period, assuming that at
these relatively large heliocentric distances it would be possible to detect
the photometric modulation of a rotating nucleus against an underdeveloped
coma. Since this is not evident in our February 2013 data, with more than 400
independent photometric measurements analyzed, we can only set upper limits of
0.05 mag for periodic brightness modulations. We discuss (and discount) a
possible brightening event (minor outburst) that occurred on $15-16$ February
2013.
  We also present deep synoptic images of the comet, obtained by combining our
exposures for each night, and analyze them. We find that during the period of
our observations the comet exhibited a $\sim$$30^{\prime\prime}\simeq 60000$-km
tail with no substructures visible and that this appearance did not change
throughout our campaign.
  The comet, as indicated by a single spectroscopic measurement obtained during
this observation period, showed a dust coma reflecting the solar light. Our
observations indicate that during February 2013, comet ISON was relatively
quiet, with the dust coma presumably hiding any light modulation by a spinning
nucleus.
