Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter and experienced stargazer who covers the night sky, astro-tourism, the northern lights and space exploration. He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Writing for Forbes.
? In scenes not witnessed since the “Covid comet” — comet NEOWISE in July 2020 — an icy space rock is visible to the naked eye in Earth’s sky.
Tonight, Monday, Oct. 14, is the first of the two best opportunities to see the comet at its brightest and best from the northern hemisphere.Having reached its closest to Earth on Saturday, Oct. 12 — getting to within 44 million miles — it will be a healthy 25 degrees from the sun tonight. That’s about twice as far as it was on Friday, when keen comet-observers first started searching for it.
Here’s exactly when and where you need to look to see the comet with your naked eyes on Monday, Oct. 14.Comet’s distance from the sun: 55.6 million miles This evening, the comet will be visible close to the western horizon about 45 minutes after sunset. The waxing gibbous moon will be bright, 91%-lit, which will make the night sky less than dark. However, that shouldn’t interfere with comet-spotting too much since the moon will be positioned in the southeast .
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