One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be able to see it?

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13. , a bright, full “Cold Moon” will rise in the east, directly opposite the comet in the west. The moonlight will reduce contrast and make spotting the comet more difficult. However ...

Astronomers initially assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun, but later observations suggested that the comet is taking a different path that will allow it to survive and perhaps ...

Its orbital path suggests that it is a dynamically ... the comet will be visible in the southern hemisphere to the west just after sunset on January 13. The comet’s orbital configuration makes ...

The comet reemerges low to the west after dusk, but again, folks up north only get a very brief view 5–10 degrees above the horizon at dusk, as the comet runs parallel with the horizon southward.

To see the comet tonight from the Northern Hemisphere, you'll need to have a dark sky away from light pollution, a low western horizon and a pair of binoculars, and to be outside looking west ...

In its favor is the fact that its orbital path suggests that it ... its perihelion unscathed, comet G3 is likely to be about as bright as Venus in the west in the post-sunset sky after Jan.

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Meanwhile, astronomers have been following the comet's path. On Saturday, Nasa astronaut Don Pettit, shared a photograph on social media of the comet taken from the International Space Station.