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Have you seen comet 12P/ Pons-Brooks ? A new comet is in town that could brighten to become visible to the naked eye, but only those away from light pollution will get any chance to see it.
As luck would have it, many Americans will be under dark skies this month as they travel into rural parts of the path of totality in an effort to see April 8's total solar eclipse.12P/Pons-Brooks is a good comet—but it’s not a “great comet.” For that, a comet needs to be visible to the naked eye easily. That’s not the case for 12P/Pons-Brooks, which is magnitude +4.7. That's right on the cusp, meaning binoculars or a small telescope are going to be the far easiest ways of glimpsing it.
However, these are some important dates coming up when 12P/Pons-Brooks will be at its brightest and best.If you're in a dark location—perhaps camping—for the total solar eclipse, have a look west immediately after dark and look for Jupiter low on the horizon. Then look low to Jupiter's right, and you'll see Hamal, a reasonably bright star in Aries. The comet is between the two, slightly closer to Jupiter.
By the time totality darkens the sky, Venus will have been visible for perhaps 20 minutes, about 15 degrees west-southwest of the sun. As totality begins, Jupiter will become visible around 30 degrees northwest of the sun. Look about a third of the way along an imaginary line from Jupiter to the eclipsed sun—and slightly above—and you may see comet 12P/Pons-Brooks.
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