It will not be seen again for 400 years.
A newly discovered green comet will be making a big debut next week — before disappearing for the next four centuries.
If it survives its brush with the sun, the comet should be visible again at the end of the month, but this time only from the Southern Hemisphere. Early risers should look toward the northeastern horizon about 90 minutes before dawn and expect to see the comet pass about 10 degrees above the horizon near the constellation Leo.Dr. Sebastian Voltmer/Twitter
“So you really need a good pair of binoculars to pick it out and you also need to know where to look,” said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.The ball of ice will be the closest to the Earth on Sept. 12, but will pass from a safe distance of 78 million miles away.Japanese amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura captured the eponymous comet while he was photographing the night sky on Aug. 11 and 12.
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